Joe Kennedy III: The Kennedy Center is a living memorial to a fallen president and named for President Kennedy by

[highplainsdem]

federal law. It can no sooner be renamed than can someone rename the Lincoln Memorial, no matter what anyone says.

Link to tweet

[Irish_Dem]

1. Trump gets more evil by the day.

[William Seger]

11. He's a shitty president because he's a shitty human being. (nt)

[Irish_Dem]

20. He lacks any humanity whatsoever.

He is a humanoid creature of some sort.

[William Seger]

26. Maybe he'd like a new species named after himself and his cult (nt)

[Irish_Dem]

28. He thinks he is the most perfect person ever, so yes he would love a new species

named after him for sure.

The planet and the people all in his image, named after him .

[Just Jerome]

38. The planet ?

More like the galaxy.

No, wait. The universe!

Hell, all the universes in the multiverse !

Still not enough, somehow.

[Irish_Dem]

39. Sadly, yes none of it would be enough to fill the hole in his soul.

Every single thing in the multiverse named after him would not do it for him.

[popsdenver]

46. There are no new species of

COCKROACHES to be named.........and especially highly toxic ones.......

[Irish_Dem]

52. But we never had a real live human cockroach before.

[popsdenver]

53. Noted

but he is actually sub-humane excrement, and a grossly oversized parasitic growth of some kind......

[2naSalit]

54. Then it should be...

A species that dwells in and eats fecal matter.

[Irish_Dem]

73. How about nazi bastard species

[watertiger]

72. You misspelled hemorrhoid

[Mblaze]

58. As does Karoline Leavitt

[Irish_Dem]

67. I keep waiting for that cross around her neck to explode into fire for all of her lying.

She is a sorry excuse for a human being.

Her constant lying harms our country by covering up for a monster.

[Abstractartist]

70. Yes

I refer to her as a fake Christian. Hell will have a special place for her.

[Irish_Dem]

71. The hypocrisy is constant and eye popping.

[Mblaze]

81. I think I've seen her cross angrily glowing a few times.

Her lies are bad enough but her "How dare you" attitude to tough questions is infuriating as well.

[Irish_Dem]

82. A true mean girl psychopath.

[Trueblue1968]

61. Trump is a LIAR also. Media needs to report that Trump can not rename the kennedy center

He is a lawbreaker !! I wanna sue him.

[Irish_Dem]

69. US Media is part of the Trump Crime Syndicate.

They handle all his PR for him.

[Javaman]

68. and gaudy. nt

[Initech]

78. And we're only in year one of this fascist shit show.

[Irish_Dem]

80. I truly do not know where the country will be in three years.

[Danascot]

2. Yep

trump's work is unbelievable.

[nuxvomica]

6. It reminds of when W said Condoleeza Rice was "fabulous"

which can mean nothing she said was true. I often wonder whether the subconscious of liars tries slipping in the truth at times.

[William Seger]

13. Rice was incredible (nt)

[popsdenver]

47. Condoleeza

was a graduate student here at University of Denver...........

You should have heard what her professors had to stay about her total ignorance and comprehension of any/all foreign affairs.........
As I recall they also made a point of the Clinton Administration all telling her WATCH OUR FOR ALQUIDA, NOT RUSSIA.
But the only thing she knew, was precious little about Russia, so Russia became her total focus, despite warnings......

And then came 9/11..............

[electric_blue68]

79. There...I fixed it for you...

UNBELIEVABLE%@$&!!!

[lostincalifornia]

3. I hope that is accurate, but wouldn't put it past these thugs.

[kwolf68]

4. Oh shit...Joe III

Just gave this cabal of kranks an idea.

Trump-Lincoln Memorial. The guy in North Korea is looking over here going, "that's how you do it".

[snowybirdie]

5. Poor Caroline

She doesn't deserve this as her daughter has incurable cancer. The family should rally around and fight against this for her.

[Irish_Dem]

21. I know, the Kennedy name humiliated and dragged through the mud with Trump and RFK Jr.

And now with her daughter's fatal illness.

[erronis]

30. That leads to a very interesting hypothesis - that trump chose RFK Jr. just to smear the Kennedy name.

I've never seen this proposed before, but it seems totally within his sphere of hatred and revenge. Since he knows that everything that he touches becomes evil, he deliberately brought in a Kennedy (admittedly the most inept one) so that he could besmirch the name.

[Irish_Dem]

36. Of course he did. This is 100% the reason he chose RFK jr.

I have talked about this before here on DU.

Trump is destroying all the iconic American heroes and highly respected leaders and figures.
He wants to be the only one people love.

He wants to humiliate, denigrate, embarrass the Kennedys.
He destroyed Jackie's Rose Garden, the Kennedy Center, etc.
And brought in RFK jr who is a drug addict, psychotic, and dangerous psychopath.

[electric_blue68]

56. I guess I've missed those; but you make sense, unfortunately!.

[SusieCreamcheese]

64. Right you are erronis!

I've been thinking for a long time that Trump is insanely jealous of the Kennedy family. It gives him great pleasure to destroy or deface anything associated with them, i.e., the Rose Garden, the Center for the Performing Arts. I believe his appointment of worm brain to the HHS was a giant "fuck you" to the rest of the Kennedys. It wouldn't surprise me if he tried to extinguish the Eternal Flame.

[MustLoveBeagles]

75. I believe this is the case

The pity I once felt for RFK Jr. because of his father's untimely death is now gone. It's incalculable the harm he's doing to others.

[Whyisthisstillclose]

7. My dog just dropped "The tRump Dump" in the backyard. The second one today.

If he wants things named after him, I'm way ahead of him!

[William Seger]

16. D.C. has a sewage treatment plant called Blue Plains -- nobody would be offended if he renamed that. (nt)

[erronis]

31. I have been suggesting for years that it be named for Reagan. But the DJT Sewage Treatment Plant would work well.

[spanone]

8. Stolen honor.

He knows zero shame.

[FakeNoose]

9. Whatever Chump names now can be RENAMED as soon as he's out the door

Just sayin'

[intheflow]

10. "...the highly respected Board..."

Of Trump appointed syccophants?

Board members like:
- Pam Bondi
- Maria Bartiromo
- Elaine Chao
- Lee Greenwood
- Laura Ingraham
- Allison Lutnick
- Dan Scavino
- President Donald J. Trump
- Usha Vance
- Susie Wiles
and many more degenerates who wouldn't know artistic value if it kicked them in the butt.

..."highly respected..." Oh, yeah, that's absolutely the first thing I think of when I hear the names Laura Ingraham and Lee Greenwood. The only cultural connoisseur missing is Ted Nugent!

[William Seger]

18. I guess Kid Rock is too busy with his blossoming career. (nt)

[PatSeg]

41. Yeah, that was a really poor choice of words

This is outrageous, but sadly predictable.

So many things to be renamed and so little time. Such a petty little man appropriating other people's honor and accomplishments.

[evolves]

12. Leavitt has gotten one thing right at last:

Drumph's work is definitely "unbelievable."

I wish I didn't have to believe it....

[Ol Janx Spirit]

14. "[B]ecause of the unbelievable work President Trump" [sic] I'll give her this: it is unbelievable.

All of it....

[Katinfl]

15. If they really can change the name, how many people will refuse to perform there?

I imagine quite a few will have nothing to do with it.

[Wounded Bear]

17. That's already a pretty long list, including most of the best entertainers extant today...nt

[erronis]

32. He doesn't care. Actually would like to see it fall into disuse and disrepair.

Then he could bulldoze it and build a much better casino/hotel - nicely situated right next to Watergate.

[obamanut2012]

40. They cannot change teh anme, there is a literal law passed by Congress

The Kennedys will be suing.

[popsdenver]

49. Certainly

the WWE will be a regular..........

[BradBo]

19. You think the attendance is bad now just wait.

[SergeStorms]

22. Every time.....

I think it's safe to browse DU without vomiting all over my office, someone in the "Gold" House says something soooooooooo stupid I wretch all over the house.
Thanks, Leavitt, you ass-kissing toady.

[erronis]

33. Clean Up (again) in aisle 3, 2, 1....

[LetMyPeopleVote]

23. It takes an act of Congress to change the name of the Kennedy Center

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/76i?utm#

20 U.S. Code § 76i - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
U.S. Code
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(a)In general

The Board shall construct for the Smithsonian Institution, with funds raised by voluntary contributions, a building to be designated as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a site in the District of Columbia bounded by the Inner Loop Freeway on the east, the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge approaches on the south, Rock Creek Parkway on the west, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street on the north, which shall be selected for such purpose by the National Capital Planning Commission. The National Capital Planning Commission shall acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, lands necessary to provide for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and related facilities. Such building shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Commission of Fine Arts

.

[sheshe2]

76. Thank you!

That doesn't mean he won't slap his name on the side of it.

[Initech]

24. Trump is the biggest fucking asshole on the planet.

He's the textbook definition of main character. Everything has to be about him. He's the screaming toddler who whines in Target about his parents not buying him a new toy and then they break down and do. Fuck Trump.

[erronis]

34. And he proudly wears that title. He'll go to his grave with that mouth-pucker rictus.

[stillspkg]

25. Surprise Us

To Mr. Trump:
We've all seen how skilled you are at destroying. We've all seen how masterful you are at manipulating. We've all seen the coercive effect of the power granted to you.
It's predictable and old.

If you want to impress, do something amazing- something a President who cares would do.

Wouldn't it be nice to have people around you who genuinely regard you instead of having to intimidate and coerce them into being loyal to you?

[Justice matters.]

44. Well, being a war criminal who murders humans in the Caribbeans is a tough act

to forgive, and just to begin with.

Add to that adjudicated sexual assaulter, fraudster, tax cheat, top-secret military documents stealer and obstructing justice, and a sh*t pile of other mischiefs (corruption included).

His evil "immigrant' name (from his German gftr) will live in infamy.

[haele]

27. This administration doesn't care.

There's been a lot of activity Congress is required to approve, but they're not doing anything, and just let him run around screaming and grabbing, throwing, or just gobbling up whatever he wants like a spoiled kid in a department store at Xmas.

[FakeNoose]

48. There's another big one that nobody has mentioned recently...

The President cannot declare war on his own. It must be declared by an act of Congress and passed in both Houses. Otherwise it's not a war. So all this nonsense about Venezuela isn't going anywhere.

[calimary]

29. Who just "informed" her? Bozo the Clown?

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

42. They're all Bozos on that board.

Hopefully, it will take an act of congress to actually change the name, just like it should for the Gulf of America or the Department of War.

[Layzeebeaver]

65. How did they get off the bus?

Sorry, an old Firesign theater reference…

(Almost mistook it for SCTV, but aha! Saved by my aging memory!)

[Doc_Technical]

77. I approve of this reference

even though I'm old and stupid

[MorbidButterflyTat]

35. South Park portrays Leavitt perfectly.

[twodogsbarking]

37. The Golf of Trump.

[Ford_Prefect]

43. TOO DAMNED UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!!!!! Caroline can go p##s up a rope, along with Donnie Do Wrong!!!

[dlk]

45. Be careful mentioning the Lincoln Memorial...

n/t

[COL Mustard]

50. This is absolutely nauseating.

And one sure way to make sure my ass will never fill a seat there again. Please, can we have some sanity back?

[drumpfsucks]

51. No WAY..............

No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No, No.......

[artemisia1]

55. Can't we just get him a solid gold toilet, a gold and diamond crown and a replica Nobel Prize so that he will

leave us alone?

[sheshe2]

62. How about a padded cell?

We can paint it gold and he can be locked away forever.

[artemisia1]

63. Can't quarrel with that. /nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

57. The Kennedy Center is still the Kennedy Center

[Martin68]

59. A day that will live in infamy.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

60. Kick

[pansypoo53219]

66. donald j saddam. or stalin. i guess statutes of oompa are next.

[Historic NY]

74. Trump finds money for this stupid shit. The first executive law share be to remove the Trump stench

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/work-begins-to-install-trumps-name-on-kennedy-center-building/4031850/]

[LetMyPeopleVote]

83. MaddowBlog-One day later, officials scramble to add Trump's name to the Kennedy Center

It’s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center accurately: A group of people vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers.

It’s worth describing what transpired at the Kennedy Center today accurately:

The president’s operation just vandalized one of the nation’s premier performing arts centers. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-12-19T20:59:47.413Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/one-day-later-officials-scramble-to-add-trumps-name-to-the-kennedy-center

More importantly, Team Trump characterized the name change as a done deal, which it was not. Congress created the name for the Kennedy Center, and at no point did lawmakers delegate powers to the center’s board to rename the institution unilaterally.

The president’s operation, which has never been overly concerned with following laws, didn’t appear to care: By Thursday night, the center’s official website had been changed to include Trump’s name.

By Friday morning, crews were already hard at work. The Washington Post reported:

The Kennedy Center installed President Donald Trump’s name on its exterior Friday morning, a dramatic change to a building established by law as a ‘living memorial’ to a slain president. […]

A blue tarp was stretched across a portion of the building the next morning as a small team on scaffolding started the work. Loud drilling could be heard nearby. Inside the building, large letters spelling ‘Trump’ could be seen on the floor of the entry hall, according to a photograph obtained by The Washington Post.

It’s hard to know where to start with an initiative this ridiculous, but one of the first things that jumped out at me was the speed with which this came together. The president’s operation managed to acquire the materials, arrange the crews, secure the equipment and begin the installation work over the course of roughly half a day.

....Nevertheless, by midday Friday, the crews were gone and the arts center’s façade was changed.

I’m currently outside of the Kennedy Center:

— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2025-12-19T19:46:00.030Z

.......At this point, we could talk about the weird double “the.” We could also joke about the fact that this is now apparently a “memorial center” to two people, one of whom is alive.

While we’re at it, we could draw attention to the fact that the fonts don’t exactly match — and given the Republican administration’s interest in type settings, this is tough to overlook — while simultaneously noting the encouraging fact that the placement of Trump’s name will make it easy to take it down in the future without disturbing the original lettering.....

The president and his team have already gone to outlandish lengths to vandalize the White House. They’re now adding additional buildings to their target list.