Executive Branch

Kennedy Center Board Votes to Rename It Trump–Kennedy Center

President Donald Trump is the chairman of the Kennedy Center.
Kennedy Center Board Votes to Rename It Trump–Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump attend the 48th annual Kennedy Center Honors at the Kennedy Center in Washington on Dec. 7, 2025. Allison Robbert/Getty Images
Jackson Richman
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WASHINGTON—The Kennedy Center board unanimously voted on Dec. 18 to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on social media.

“I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, because of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building,” she posted on X.
Jackson Richman
Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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