Workers Strip Trump Name From Kennedy Center as GOP Senator Seeks Ban on Honoring Living Politicians
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 28
Workers Strip Trump Name From Kennedy Center as GOP Senator Seeks Ban on Honoring Living Politicians
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 28
Summary
Workers in Washington began removing Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center after a federal appeals court rejected a last-minute bid to keep the signage in place.
The ruling left intact lower-court findings that only Congress—not the Trump-backed Kennedy Center board—can change the center’s official name.
Sen. John Kennedy, a Louisiana Republican, said Sunday that no living public official should have a building named after them and argued taxpayer money should not fund self-promotion.
Trump has kept pressing to put his name on major federal sites since returning to office, including the U.S. Institute of Peace, Penn Station and Dulles Airport, widening the fight beyond the Kennedy Center.
Why did a federal court suddenly block the renaming of a historic national memorial, and what does this mean for America's famous landmarks?
Could a proposed ban on naming public buildings after living officials permanently change how America's most famous civic spaces are funded and branded?