"Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump, and likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy, because this will be a truly great team long into the future!"
"the Board shall assure that after December 2, 1983, no additional memorials or plaques in the nature of memorials shall be designated or installed in the public areas of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts."
"In February, Trump appointed himself the new chairman of the venerated Washington, D.C. venue, often referred to as the Kennedy Center, and replaced its historically bipartisan board with all Republicans, including second lady Usha Vance, Fox News host Laura Ingraham, White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, U.S. attorney general Pamela Bondi, and "God Bless the U.S.A." songwriter Lee Greenwood, among others."
The board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts voted to rename the institution after President Donald J. Trump, announced via an X post by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Legal authority for a name change is unclear because Public Law 88-260 restricts the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees from designating or installing additional memorials or plaques in public areas after December 2, 1983. President Trump appointed himself chairman in February, replaced the historically bipartisan board with all Republicans, removed president Deborah F. Rutler, and installed Richard Grenell as interim executive director. A subsequent email exchange between musician Yasmin Williams and Grenell went viral for hostile language and disrespectful tone.
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