White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the renaming.
“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,” Leavitt wrote on X.
“Not only from the standpoint of its reconstruction, but also financially, and its reputation,” she added. “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 building will no doubt attain new levels of success and grandeur.”
The name change is the first since 1964, when the then-National Cultural Center changed its name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. President Donald Trump was named as its chairman earlier this year.
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“The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to name the institution The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts,” Roma Daravi, the center’s vice president of public relations, told the Washington Examiner.
“The unanimous vote recognizes that the current Chairman saved the institution from financial ruin and physical destruction,” she added. “The new Trump Kennedy Center reflects the unequivocal bipartisan support for America’s cultural center for generations to come.”
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