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Trump Name On Kennedy Centre Building FREAKS OUT Jazz Artist; Christmas Eve Concert Canceled

| Dec 25, 2025, 05:44:12 PM | TOI.in
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A massive row has erupted after a jazz concert that has been running in the holidays for more than two decades at Washington’s iconic Kennedy Center has been abruptly canceled. The reason is not the weather, but because of a name. As of last Friday, the building’s façade reads: The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. The White House says the president’s handpicked board approved the move, after months of Donald Trump publicly floating the idea.

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