Trump's name must be removed from Kennedy Center by noon Saturday, judge says

[LetMyPeopleVote]

A judge granted a brief extension requested by the Department of Justice.

Trump's name must be removed from Kennedy Center by noon Saturday, judge says

— Emily Guskin (@emgusk.bsky.social) 2026-06-13T13:44:01.305Z

https://abcnews.com/Politics/trumps-removed-kennedy-center-noon-saturday-judge/story?id=133841904&cid=social_twitter_abcn

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to certify by noon on Saturday that it has complied with a court order to remove the president's name from the Kennedy Center, granting a brief extension requested by the Department of Justice.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.

This judge is pissed at the trump's stunts

[dem4decades]

1. once it's off, will he take down the tarp?

[2MuchNoise]

2. No.

[Ocelot II]

3. They were ordered to take the letters off, but if they weren't ordered to take down the tarp as well,

they'll probably leave it up for as long as they can get away with it.

[Raven123]

4. My prediction is that someone will make leaving the tarp up a bad idea

Stuff happens

[jmbar2]

11. That tarp would make a good projection screen.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. trump's feelings were hurt

trump is going to push it as far as he can. I have a feeling the judge is going to have to step in

[LetMyPeopleVote]

20. Someone snuck this photo

[SheltieLover]

12. Of course not

[niyad]

6. We were told the letters were down at 3 am. Which is it?

[electric_blue68]

14. No I was up. They were just finishing putting up the tarp about 3AM

[allegorical oracle]

7. Imagine the marble face of the building may look messy, depending on how TSF's

name was added. Would think there were holes drilled and the lettering was inserted. Holes and other chipping might need to be filled and smoothed.

[sakabatou]

19. This could be the reason why the tarp is still on (if it is by the time of this post)

[malaise]

8. 89 minutes mofos

[sheshe2]

10. He looks like crap 💩 in that picture.

Crap that has been left out in the sun to rot. Eeeew.😳

[electric_blue68]

16. TY

[EYESORE 9001]

9. I wouldn't be surprised

if he etched his grim, glowering visage into the facade with acid.

[yellow dahlia]

13. Is the judge going to have to order him to take down the tarp also?

[electric_blue68]

15. Probably

[LetMyPeopleVote]

17. Here is the filing with the court on trump's name being removed from the Kennedy Center

Link to tweet

And, there we go: “Defendants … have … Removed all physical signage on the Kennedy Center building and grounds, including the front portico, that purports to rename the Kennedy Center after President Trump or any other individual besides President Kennedy.”

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. trump covering up the Kennedy Center wall doesn't mean we don't know what happened in there

The same goes for the Epstein files.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

21. MaddowBlog-Crews removed Trump's name from the Kennedy Center, but hid results from the public

The removal of the president’s name was poised to be a symbolically significant event. His team, however, preferred a literal cover-up.

Crews removed Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center, but hid results from the public www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Philly Joe (@joehick58.bsky.social) 2026-06-15T18:37:17.900Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-kennedy-center-name-removed-cover-up

Late last week, the administration made several last-ditch efforts to halt implementation of the ruling before the court-imposed deadline, but to no avail. MS NOW reported:

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has been restored to its original name.

President Donald Trump’s name was officially cleared from the marble façade of the storied cultural institution on Saturday, the Kennedy Center said, after last-minute attempts by the Trump administration to delay a federal judge’s ruling that the name cannot be changed.

There’s still some legal wrangling on the horizon, but at this point, it’s worth pausing to note how exactly the Kennedy Center was restored to its legal name.

On Friday, a crowd assembled to watch crews remove Trump’s name from the wall, and while I wasn’t personally there, by all accounts, the audience was prepared to celebrate a good show. The Washington Post reported, “The atmosphere was festival-like: People brought their dogs, their partners and their children.”....

But as of late Sunday, the public still wasn’t allowed to see the work that had been done.

Workers are adding a curtain obstructing the view of the removal of Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center

— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) 2026-06-13T05:41:32.232Z

The removal of Trump’s name was poised to be a symbolically significant event. The authoritarian-minded leader, fixated on self-glorification, tried to force his name onto a memorial for a celebrated assassinated president, a court instead upheld the law, and a crowd assembled to watch the crew precisely because of the indelible images that would soon emerge.

But Trump’s team, no doubt mindful of the circumstances, preferred a literal cover-up.

It’s something to keep in mind the next time White House officials boast about the president and his administration enthusiastically embracing “transparency.”

As for the future of the Kennedy Center, the president’s appointees at the venue announced over the weekend that they had established the Trump Kennedy Center Fund, which will purportedly help raise money for the center. Trump, the appointees added, will be the chairman.

trump is a baby. There is no way that his name will be put back onto this building without an act of congress.