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Judge Blocks Kennedy Center’s Trump Name Inscription Plan

By Drooid · Sep 15, 2026, 11:56 PM UTC · How we work

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U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper blocked the Kennedy Center’s plan to inscribe President Donald Trump’s name on its facade.
Cooper also barred the board’s proposal to rename the campus “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
The board voted on August 13 to rename the campus “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
President Trump called the Kennedy Center a “virtual state of collapse” after a ceiling piece fell.

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U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper blocked the Kennedy Center’s plan to inscribe President Donald Trump’s name on its facade.
Cooper also barred the board’s proposal to rename the campus “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
The board voted on August 13 to rename the campus “President Donald J. Trump Plaza.”
President Trump called the Kennedy Center a “virtual state of collapse” after a ceiling piece fell.