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Trump’s Name Removed From Kennedy Center Building After Court Ruling

Crews began removing "Donald J. Trump" from the Kennedy Center facade early Saturday after a court declared the former president's renaming of the D.C. landmark illegal.

Variety Music·Jun 13, 2026·via Variety Music

Trump’s Name Removed From Kennedy Center Building After Court Ruling

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Jun 13, 2026 4:57am PT

Workers Start Pulling Trump’s Name Off Kennedy Center Building in Early Morning Hours

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Workers began the process of prying “Donald J. Trump” off the facade of Kennedy Center in the early morning hours on Saturday, after a court found the president’s renaming of the Washington, D.C., landmark was illegal .

After crews set up scaffolding Friday in front of the Kennedy Center, they started pulling off the letters from the building just past 3 a.m. Saturday behind “heavy white tarps” that obscured views of the removal, according to the New York Times . They ended the work and departed about an hour later, the Times reported.