Kennedy Center to Be Renamed Trump-Kennedy Center

by | Dec 18, 2025

President Trump gestures to the crowd from his seat at the FIFA World Cup drawing, Friday, December 5, 2025, at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the Kennedy Center’s board has voted unanimously to rename the venue the Trump-Kennedy Center. The decision credits President Trump’s work over the past year in restoring the building, securing its finances, and boosting its reputation.

 

Leavitt said the renaming represents “a truly great team long into the future” and predicted the center will achieve new levels of success and prominence.

 

 

Source: Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on X

 

 

 

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