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IzzaNuDay

(1,224 posts)
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:32 PM Thursday

Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House Says

Source: CNBC

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, will be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday.

The prestigious Washington, D.C., cultural center’s board of trustees, who were appointed by President Donald Trump in February, “have just voted unanimously” on the name change, Leavitt said in an X post.


Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/18/trump-renaming-kennedy-center.html



I thought this was Onion….
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Kennedy Center to be renamed Trump-Kennedy Center, White House Says (Original Post) IzzaNuDay Thursday OP
We can change it back later. no_hypocrisy Thursday #1
damn right! IzzaNuDay Thursday #2
One hundred percent! Initech Thursday #17
Or, we put it in the Gulf of America file and ignore any changes the infantile boor tries to establish Attilatheblond Thursday #33
We better change it back later. calimary Friday #35
Like cleaning graffiti off the side of a public building... IthinkThereforeIAM Friday #40
Joe Stalin named things after himself bucolic_frolic Thursday #3
And that got changed, too. calimary Friday #36
Trump wanted it Mz Pip Thursday #4
Oh, BLARGH. And Yes, we WILL Change it effin' Back on Jan *21 '29 electric_blue68 Thursday #5
how long before he changes us to United States of Trump? KewlKat Thursday #6
Soon, I hope... and fittingly. Harker Thursday #9
once hes gone moonshinegnomie Thursday #7
I dunno about that. Lionel Mandrake Friday #39
He's so pathetically peeing on the trees. fierywoman Thursday #8
Kennedy vs Trump in the arts bmichaelh Thursday #10
But he does want pro wrestling. Bayard Thursday #19
Omgosh Lulu KC Thursday #11
Most people stop writing their names Deminpenn Thursday #12
I hope Trump lives just long enough C_U_L8R Thursday #13
Don't forget the extra head on Mount Rushmore LiberalLovinLug Friday #34
This!!! calimary Friday #37
Carl's Jr purr-rat beauty Thursday #14
Maybe a matinee showing of "Ow My Balls!"? petronius Thursday #18
I'm sure it'll be changed back sakabatou Thursday #15
Where I grew up they'd be callin' that there "an outhouse". twodogsbarking Thursday #16
Sacrilege! Bayard Thursday #20
Congress has.to approve the change RussBLib Thursday #21
He is one sick piece of change... ProudProgressiveNow Thursday #22
Loud Noises! Loud Noises! Don't Look at the Epstein Files... CapnSteve Thursday #23
Talk about an inflated ego. cstanleytech Thursday #24
One more thing to undo when he finally croaks. mwb970 Thursday #25
Another distraction folks. EPSTEIN FILES. Stay focused Raven123 Thursday #26
Good. Yet another thing to get out the Democratic vote. Doodley Thursday #27
The Kennedy Center is still the Kennedy Center LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #28
THIS!!! calimary Friday #38
to be re-renamed the Kennedy Center early in 2029. cab67 Thursday #29
Gag me with a spoon. Martin68 Thursday #30
Look...it's still the goddamn Gulf of MEXICO, and it's always going to be the KENNEDY Center. hamsterjill Thursday #31
Renamed like the Gulf of Mexico was Figarosmom Thursday #32
I'm going to call it the Obama Kennedy center😂😂 W T F Friday #41
He's doing anything to avoid bucolic_frolic Friday #42
Kennedy bromeando Friday #43

Initech

(107,241 posts)
17. One hundred percent!
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:26 PM
Thursday

Fuck Trump and fuck the goons who kiss his worthless ass 24 hours a day!

Attilatheblond

(8,139 posts)
33. Or, we put it in the Gulf of America file and ignore any changes the infantile boor tries to establish
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 11:31 PM
Thursday

calimary

(88,858 posts)
35. We better change it back later.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:48 AM
Friday

Maybe at 12:01pm, the afternoon following the traditional 12-noon inauguration ceremony. As soon as the new president is sworn in.

calimary

(88,858 posts)
36. And that got changed, too.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:51 AM
Friday

“…Stalingrad was renamed Volgograd in 1961 as part of the Soviet de-Stalinization campaign under Nikita Khrushchev, shifting from its 1925 name honoring Joseph Stalin back to a name reflecting its location on the Volga River.”

electric_blue68

(25,602 posts)
5. Oh, BLARGH. And Yes, we WILL Change it effin' Back on Jan *21 '29
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:45 PM
Thursday

😑😑😑
😬😬😬
👊👊🏻👊🏼👊🏽👊🏿

*(or there abouts)

KewlKat

(5,782 posts)
6. how long before he changes us to United States of Trump?
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:45 PM
Thursday

or puts "In Trump We Trust" on our money

Well, you get the idea. How and when will this ever end?

moonshinegnomie

(3,823 posts)
7. once hes gone
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:48 PM
Thursday

congress should pass a law banning his name from being used on any facility that receives tax money.

Lionel Mandrake

(4,190 posts)
39. I dunno about that.
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 01:51 AM
Friday

Los Angeles has a big sewage treatment plant. I'd like to see it renamed the Donald J. Trump Memorial Sewage Treatment Facility.

bmichaelh

(1,079 posts)
10. Kennedy vs Trump in the arts
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 02:57 PM
Thursday

This is just plain obscene.

Trump has nothing to do with the arts; he is a philistine.

This is list of some of the classical musicians and composers invited to the Kennedy White House:

Pablo Casals (cellist)
Igor Stravinsky (composer)
Leonard Bernstein (composer and conductor)
Isaac Stern (violinist)
Samuel Barber (composer)
Aaron Copland (composer)
Gian Carlo Menotti (composer)

Here is a link highlighting some of history of classical music at the Kennedy White House.

https://www.wqxr.org/story/timeline-jfk-legacy-classical-music/

Actually, the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy probably knew more about classical music than President Kennedy did.

We will not see any of this kind of talent at the Trump White House.

Deminpenn

(17,274 posts)
12. Most people stop writing their names
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:11 PM
Thursday

everywhere at about 10 years old. This guy will be 80 this summer and still has an increasingly pathological need to do it. He is clearly nuts and getting moreso by the day.

C_U_L8R

(48,788 posts)
13. I hope Trump lives just long enough
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:12 PM
Thursday

to see our country tear down every one of Trump’s silly monuments to himself, restore the White House to its former beauty, melt down all his dumbass golden embellishments, flatten that ballroom boondoggle, unassemble his Arch De Stupidity and for goodness sake, return the Kennedy Center back to being the Kennedy Center.

LiberalLovinLug

(14,565 posts)
34. Don't forget the extra head on Mount Rushmore
Fri Dec 19, 2025, 12:06 AM
Friday

Which, if they do manage to steal the midterms, he will definitely try to get done

purr-rat beauty

(943 posts)
14. Carl's Jr
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:12 PM
Thursday

The only thing that will be shown there is ASS

and before you hit the movie, grab a bite with the kids at Buttfuckers

twodogsbarking

(17,472 posts)
16. Where I grew up they'd be callin' that there "an outhouse".
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 03:20 PM
Thursday

Not like the modern plastic ones.

Bayard

(28,350 posts)
20. Sacrilege!
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 04:41 PM
Thursday

Nothing is sacred to him. Nothing is more important than him. Sick, sick, sick.

We are bound to get a flashing neon sign saying, "trump White House," at his current address.

CapnSteve

(385 posts)
23. Loud Noises! Loud Noises! Don't Look at the Epstein Files...
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 05:02 PM
Thursday

Trump is a self-confessed pedophile, preferring girls that look like Ivanka.

The cleanup of this stain on our nation begins in 2026.

hamsterjill

(16,909 posts)
31. Look...it's still the goddamn Gulf of MEXICO, and it's always going to be the KENNEDY Center.
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 09:51 PM
Thursday

Fuck that arrogant asshole and all who kiss his arrogant ass.

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