"Toby Morton said he saw the writing on the wall in August and proactively purchased the domain names trumpkennedycenter.org and trumpkennedycenter.com in anticipation of Trump's move. He said he was tipped off when Trump began gutting the Kennedy Center board earlier this year and by the president's hints that he might try to make it a monument to himself. I thought, yep, that name's going on the building, Morton told the Washington Post."
"Morton, who describes himself on Instagram as a Creator of Anti-Fascist Websites, has previously purchased domain names associated with the likes of Reps. Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene to create parody accounts. When asked if he plans to use the Trump Kennedy Center websites in a similar way, he said they'll absolutely reflect the absurdity of the moment. The Kennedy Center has always been a cultural institution meant to outlast any one administration or personality, Morton told the Post."
President Trump's handpicked Kennedy Center board placed his name on the Kennedy Center, alienating artists and angering Kennedy family members. Comedy writer Toby Morton bought trumpkennedycenter.org and trumpkennedycenter.com after anticipating the rename, citing board changes and presidential hints of personal branding. Morton has previously purchased political domain names for parody and intends the sites to reflect the moment's absurdity. The Kennedy Center still operates under kennedy-center.org, though its homepage refers to the building as the Trump Kennedy Center. Renaming faces legal hurdles because Congress formally named the John F. Kennedy Center in 1964. The change prompted performers to cancel engagements.
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