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Famed Kennedy arts center to be renamed ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’

By AFP 18 December 2025, 8:32 pm
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US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Pool via AP)
US President Donald Trump stands in the presidential box as he tours the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Monday, March 17, 2025. (Pool via AP)

The renowned John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is to be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center” after President Donald Trump, the White House announces.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the center’s board — which Trump purged of Democrats earlier this year — voted for the change because of Republicans’ “unbelievable work” in overhauling the famed venue.

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