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Court rejects Trump’s claim that The Kennedy Center needs his name to survive

Not every surface in America is waiting to become a Trump product.

Jason Weisberger
Jul 08, 2026
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Kennedy Center (Matthew Hodgkins/shutterstock.com)

The Kennedy Center’s argument was basically that removing Trump’s name might hurt fundraising, because apparently donors were lining up to support the arts only after seeing the words “Donald J. Trump” bolted onto John F. Kennedy’s memorial. The court asked for evidence. The evidence did not show up for …

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