Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Trump’s battle to rename the Kennedy Center has put its future at risk

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>The president has threatened to block renovations and suggested the landmark could be demolished after courts ruled against his bid to rename it </p><p>It was born with the world premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass. “Young people will come here and they will see this cultural centre,” Rose Kennedy, the mother of slain US president John F Kennedy, <a href="https://wtop.com/dc/2026/09/from-george-washington-to-jfk-a-history-of-the-kennedy-center/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">said at that opening night gala</a>. “They will carry some of these ideas back to their different communities.”</p><p>More than half a century later, the potential death knell came just after 4.30pm on Tuesday with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/arts/music/kennedy-center-trump-name-inscription-judge-ruling.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">a perfunctory announcement</a> on the public address system: “The centre is now closed to the public. Please exit the centre by way of the Hall of States.” Soon barricades had been erected and security guards were blocking access.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/19/trump-kennedy-center-future" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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