Politico
The Kennedy Center board on Thursday voted to again attach President Donald Trump’s name to the performing arts center, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) and two other people with knowledge of the vote said, its latest attempt to honor the president after a judge blocked an effort to rename the Kennedy Center after him in May.
The board — which is mostly Trump loyalists after the president dismissed Democratic-appointed members on the historically bipartisan body — voted to “honor the President’s contribution with an inscribed recognition on the building,” with the new signage reading: “The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.”
The board also voted Thursday to shutter the main building for two years, the culmination of Trump’s long-term effort to make sweeping changes to the performing arts institution.
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