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Trump Administration Threatens to Demolish the Kennedy Center

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The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., August 25, 2026

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You don’t have to care about the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. But the president clearly cares a great deal about it, and now the Trump administration is arguing in court that unless the president’s name remains on the building, the Kennedy Center will need to be demolished:

Yesterday the Washington Post reported about how the moment Trump’s appointees decided to add the current president’s name to the building, ticket sales and fundraising dropped like a stone:

Jim Geraghty

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Jim Geraghty

Jim Geraghty is the senior political correspondent of National Review.

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