Trump basically tells this Judge to go pound sand. He will back out of the effort, at least, as I read this and give it to Congress, as this Judge decided. That result will put this center back into a deteriorating endeavor that Trump was saving it from. This is stupidity in full view.
TDS in full display, but by a Judge, whom we have too many of, who think they lead and make decisions, not interpret the law. Our Justice system is sick, really sick from the activists appointed by Obama and Biden.
I think that if Obama and Biden are found to have broken past laws, all Justices and pardons need to be reversed. Once all the evidence is put together, which is coming soon, it will show that the Russian Hoax was pushed forward by both of these guys. That is a fact, my friends, but of course, our media is silent. Also, Obama was willing to sell us out to the EU’s globalization effort, which is failing in a massive way, but at this point, the people want their countries back. In the U.S., Trump has saved us from globalization, but not yet in Europe. All IMO.
“The judge said the injunction will not prevent the center from proceeding with capital repair work it has planned and that is “sorely needed.” Nor will it stop the board from closing the center “should it come to this decision anew after independently balancing its multiple obligations to the Center in a prudent fashion.”
“Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,” the judge said.
The new ruling came in response to litigation initiated in December 2025 by Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) who sued Trump and the Kennedy Center board of trustees over its renaming as the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Beatty is an ex officio member of the center’s board of trustees.
Days before, the Kennedy Center board had unanimously voted to rename the institution the Trump-Kennedy Center. That same day, new lettering was installed on the outside of the building along with digital rebranding.
Trump took to social media to criticize the ruling. He also suggested he would work with Congress to give that body direct control over the center.
On Truth Social, he said that Cooper was appointed by Democratic President Barack Obama and added that the judge and “the Radical Left would rather see [the center] DIE than have President Trump transform it into something that everyone could be proud of, much as I have done, in many cases, throughout my life.”
To save this “dying Performing Arts Center ... we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it.”
“I have instructed the Department of Commerce to make all necessary arrangements with Congress to allow a full and complete transfer of this Institution, giving them the responsibility for its Operation, Maintenance, and Management,” the president said.
The Epoch Times reached out to the judge’s chambers for comment. No reply was received by time of publication.”