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IzzaNuDay

(1,234 posts)
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:32 PM Dec 18

Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House Says

Source: CNBC

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, will be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

The prestigious Washington, D.C., cultural center’s board of trustees, who were appointed by President Donald Trump in February, “have just voted unanimously” on the name change, Leavitt said in an X post.


Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/trump-renaming-kennedy-center.html



I thought this was Onion….
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Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House Says (Original Post) IzzaNuDay Dec 18 OP
We can change it back later. no_hypocrisy Dec 18 #1
damn right! IzzaNuDay Dec 18 #2
One hundred percent! Initech Dec 18 #17
Or, we put it in the Gulf of America file and ignore any changes the infantile boor tries to establish Attilatheblond Dec 18 #33
We better change it back later. calimary Dec 19 #35
Like cleaning graffiti off the side of a public building... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 19 #40
Joe Stalin named things after himself bucolic_frolic Dec 18 #3
And that got changed, too. calimary Dec 19 #36
Trump wanted it Mz Pip Dec 18 #4
Oh, BLARGH. And Yes, we WILL Change it effin' Back on Jan *21 '29 electric_blue68 Dec 18 #5
how long before he changes us to United States of Trump? KewlKat Dec 18 #6
Soon, I hope... and fittingly. Harker Dec 18 #9
once hes gone moonshinegnomie Dec 18 #7
I dunno about that. Lionel Mandrake Dec 19 #39
He's so pathetically peeing on the trees. fierywoman Dec 18 #8
Kennedy vs Trump in the arts bmichaelh Dec 18 #10
But he does want pro wrestling. Bayard Dec 18 #19
Omgosh Lulu KC Dec 18 #11
Most people stop writing their names Deminpenn Dec 18 #12
I hope Trump lives just long enough C_U_L8R Dec 18 #13
Don't forget the extra head on Mount Rushmore LiberalLovinLug Dec 19 #34
This!!! calimary Dec 19 #37
Carl's Jr purr-rat beauty Dec 18 #14
Maybe a matinee showing of "Ow My Balls!"? petronius Dec 18 #18
I'm sure it'll be changed back sakabatou Dec 18 #15
Where I grew up they'd be callin' that there "an outhouse". twodogsbarking Dec 18 #16
Sacrilege! Bayard Dec 18 #20
Congress has.to approve the change RussBLib Dec 18 #21
He is one sick piece of change... ProudProgressiveNow Dec 18 #22
Loud Noises! Loud Noises! Don't Look at the Epstein Files... CapnSteve Dec 18 #23
Talk about an inflated ego. cstanleytech Dec 18 #24
One more thing to undo when he finally croaks. mwb970 Dec 18 #25
Another distraction folks. EPSTEIN FILES. Stay focused Raven123 Dec 18 #26
Good. Yet another thing to get out the Democratic vote. Doodley Dec 18 #27
The Kennedy Center is still the Kennedy Center LetMyPeopleVote Dec 18 #28
THIS!!! calimary Dec 19 #38
to be re-renamed the Kennedy Center early in 2029. cab67 Dec 18 #29
Gag me with a spoon. Martin68 Dec 18 #30
Look...it's still the goddamn Gulf of MEXICO, and it's always going to be the KENNEDY Center. hamsterjill Dec 18 #31
Renamed like the Gulf of Mexico was Figarosmom Dec 18 #32
I'm going to call it the Obama Kennedy center😂😂 W T F Dec 19 #41
He's doing anything to avoid bucolic_frolic Dec 19 #42
Kennedy bromeando Dec 19 #43

Initech

(107,393 posts)
17. One hundred percent!
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:26 PM
Dec 18

Fuck Trump and fuck the goons who kiss his worthless ass 24 hours a day!

Attilatheblond

(8,274 posts)
33. Or, we put it in the Gulf of America file and ignore any changes the infantile boor tries to establish
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 11:31 PM
Dec 18

calimary

(89,027 posts)
35. We better change it back later.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:48 AM
Dec 19

Maybe at 12:01pm, the afternoon following the traditional 12-noon inauguration ceremony. As soon as the new president is sworn in.

calimary

(89,027 posts)
36. And that got changed, too.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:51 AM
Dec 19

“…Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd in 1961 as part of the Soviet de-Stalinization campaign under Nikita Khrushchev, shifting from its 1925 name honoring Joseph Stalin back to a name reflecting its location on the Volga River.”

electric_blue68

(25,796 posts)
5. Oh, BLARGH. And Yes, we WILL Change it effin' Back on Jan *21 '29
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:45 PM
Dec 18

😑😑😑
😬😬😬
👊👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿

*(or there abouts)

KewlKat

(5,782 posts)
6. how long before he changes us to United States of Trump?
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:45 PM
Dec 18

or puts "In Trump We Trust" on our money

Well, you get the idea. How and when will this ever end?

moonshinegnomie

(3,848 posts)
7. once hes gone
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:48 PM
Dec 18

congress should pass a law banning his name from being used on any facility that receives tax money.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,191 posts)
39. I dunno about that.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 01:51 AM
Dec 19

Los Angeles has a big sewage treatment plant. I'd like to see it renamed the Donald J. Trump Memorial Sewage Treatment Facility.

bmichaelh

(1,083 posts)
10. Kennedy vs Trump in the arts
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:57 PM
Dec 18

This is just plain obscene.

Trump has nothing to do with the arts; he is a philistine.

This is list of some of the classical musicians and composers invited to the Kennedy White House:

Pablo Casals (cellist)
Igor Stravinsky (composer)
Leonard Bernstein (composer and conductor)
Isaac Stern (violinist)
Samuel Barber (composer)
Aaron Copland (composer)
Gian Carlo Menotti (composer)

Here is a link highlighting some of history of classical music at the Kennedy White House.

https://www.wqxr.org/story/timeline-jfk-legacy-classical-music/

Actually, the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy probably knew more about classical music than President Kennedy did.

We will not see any of this kind of talent at the Trump White House.

Deminpenn

(17,289 posts)
12. Most people stop writing their names
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:11 PM
Dec 18

everywhere at about 10 years old. This guy will be 80 this summer and still has an increasingly pathological need to do it. He is clearly nuts and getting moreso by the day.

C_U_L8R

(48,846 posts)
13. I hope Trump lives just long enough
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:12 PM
Dec 18

to see our country tear down every one of Trump’s silly monuments to himself, restore the White House to its former beauty, melt down all his dumbass golden embellishments, flatten that ballroom boondoggle, unassemble his Arch De Stupidity and for goodness sake, return the Kennedy Center back to being the Kennedy Center.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,574 posts)
34. Don't forget the extra head on Mount Rushmore
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:06 AM
Dec 19

Which, if they do manage to steal the midterms, he will definitely try to get done

purr-rat beauty

(972 posts)
14. Carl's Jr
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:12 PM
Dec 18

The only thing that will be shown there is ASS

and before you hit the movie, grab a bite with the kids at Buttfuckers

Bayard

(28,528 posts)
20. Sacrilege!
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 04:41 PM
Dec 18

Nothing is sacred to him. Nothing is more important than him. Sick, sick, sick.

We are bound to get a flashing neon sign saying, "trump White House," at his current address.

CapnSteve

(389 posts)
23. Loud Noises! Loud Noises! Don't Look at the Epstein Files...
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 05:02 PM
Dec 18

Trump is a self-confessed pedophile, preferring girls that look like Ivanka.

The cleanup of this stain on our nation begins in 2026.

hamsterjill

(16,964 posts)
31. Look...it's still the goddamn Gulf of MEXICO, and it's always going to be the KENNEDY Center.
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 09:51 PM
Dec 18

Fuck that arrogant asshole and all who kiss his arrogant ass.

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