President Donald Trump threatened on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) to keep the Kennedy Centre closed for good after a judge ruled his name cannot be added to the famed arts institution’s facade. U.S.
Mr. “If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place,” Mr. Shortly after beginning his second term, Republican Trump installed himself as chairman of the centre, which is named in honour of late president John F. Cooper in his decision, the board “cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Centre without Congress’s blessing. Last month, the board moved forward with a plan to add a new signage on the building that would read “renovated and restored by President Donald J. Trump.
Kennedy, a Democrat who championed civil rights before he was assassinated in 1963. Cooper on Tuesday (September 15, 2026) said that plan was in violation of his previous ruling.
Trump said his hand-picked board voted “almost unanimously” to shut the venue immediately for emergency renovations, just a few hours after the federal judge’s decision. Trump said on his Truth Social network. The Kennedy Centre said in a statement to AFP that the board’s decision “reflects sound judgment and a clear prioritisation of safety above all else. “Simply put,” wrote Mr.
