A US judge has ordered President Donald Trump’s name removed from the title of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
According to the federal court order, Trump’s name must be removed from the institution’s title, its facade, and any other physical or digital signage and official materials within 14 days.
The judge ruled Friday that the Washington DC venue’s name cannot be changed without congressional approval, while also barring the center from temporarily closing during the upcoming proposed renovation.
While in contrast, President Donald Trump says he has “no interest” in continuing an overhaul of the Kennedy Center, after a federal judge ruled that he cannot change the name of the Washington, D.C., performing arts venue or close its doors for a long-term renovation unless Congress approves the plans.
Responding to the judge’s decision in a social media post Friday evening, Trump said he wanted to leave the decision-making about the center’s future to Congress.
“Until I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this institution back physically, financially and artistically, I have no interest in continuing a disappointing trip to “Never Never Land,” Trump said in the post.
“So, based on the fact that the radical left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite president, ME, than saving a dying performing arts center, almost all of which loses huge amounts of money across the country, we are going to work with Congress to transfer this failing institution back to them so they can make a determination about what to do with it,” Trump said in the post.
A spokesperson for the Center said they would appeal against the name-change order. Trump posted on social media that he would “work with Congress to transfer this failing institution back to them.”
