{"id":77402,"date":"2026-06-05T16:52:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/kennedy-center-ordered-to-strip-president-trumps-name-from-building\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T16:52:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:52:00","slug":"kennedy-center-ordered-to-strip-president-trumps-name-from-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/kennedy-center-ordered-to-strip-president-trumps-name-from-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Center Ordered to Strip President Trump&#8217;s Name from Building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780692719921.png?resize=1%2C1&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-77401\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will no longer display President Trump&#8217;s name, according to new directives given to facility staff.<\/p><p>Personnel at the performing arts venue have been instructed to strip the former president&#8217;s name from the center&#8217;s official designation.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has been directed to remove President Trump&#8217;s name from the facility. Staff members have received instructions to take down the presidential designation from the arts venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":77401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[833],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/news-1780692719921.png?fit=1%2C1&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-k8q","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":73942,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/federal-judge-orders-removal-of-trumps-name-from-kennedy-center\/","url_meta":{"origin":77402,"position":0},"title":"Federal Judge Orders Removal of Trump&#8217;s Name from Kennedy Center","author":"Admin","date":"May 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A federal judge has mandated that the name of the former president be removed from the Kennedy Center arts complex in a 94-page court decision. 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