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Tarps still cover Kennedy Center facade amid name-change maintenance

cultureJun 20, 2026694,554

Tarps and scaffolding still cover the Kennedy Center facade a week after crews began removing Donald Trump's name, a Kennedy Center spokeswoman said. The spokeswoman said crews are working on signage and other maintenance around the facade while the exterior work continues. Plaintiffs who sued over the renaming have asked a judge to order the Kennedy Center to file a sworn declaration explaining the tarps' purpose and when they will be removed. The coverings matter because the Kennedy Center is a national landmark and the concealment has made the scope and timeline of restoration a matter of court scrutiny and public interest.

Carl Quintanilla
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. In a filing late Friday, Ms. Beatty asked the court overseeing the case to order the Kennedy Center to provide a sworn declaration explaining the tarps’ purpose and when they would come down.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/u...

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Lori 🇺🇦💩🐸👑45

His level of immaturity and pettiness and just pure vindictiveness is *astounding*

chicken2little.bsky.social22

What a fucking baby trump is...

I’m Monica 🦋 RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES21

Always tip toeing around Trump. 🙄 How about ask the judge to order the tarps just come down? Why must we first ask what their purpose is when we already know the answer? Public humiliation is more painful to Trump than literally anything else. Taking the tarps down will show the world he lost.

Slava Ukraini20

Fuck, just tear them down! It's the people's performing arts center! RELEASE THE UNREDACTED EPSTEIN FILES

absurd17.bsky.social13

I think the explanation is a black woman sued him and won the case. Because he is who he is, he won’t let people who don’t like him get the satisfaction of seeing that his name is off the building. And, he has his team thinking about other ways to get around the court’s order.

irl69.bsky.social7

It’s going to be a Trump Sculpture made out of gold plated crap. Well judge you said to remove the name. We did

It’sScience19846

Why is no one tearing down the tarp?

Rhindle5

Just look behind it. It's a tarp.

ArktikNightmare.bsky.social5

Maybe there’s an obvious answer but what’s stopping anyone from putting a camera on a stick and looking over the tarps? Or are there tarps above too?

LAWomanRising4

Speaking of cover ups, can we get back to this one? The victims have waited too long to justice.

SweetCornBread4

Will need a court order to bring down the tarp too. 🙄 trump is such a petty toddler. So exhausting.

Kendra3

Tear it down. Tear it down. Tear it down...

D. J. Doherty3

I will not be convinced that his has been removed, util the tarp are down.

grammymae.bsky.social2

DO NOT LOOK ANY FURTHER THAN TRUMP'S EGO!

CTrev2

arrest the non compliers! contempt of court! tear downthe tarp

Talena2

The court order did not include verbiage requiring the wall to be restored to its original condition and original lettering and then to be exposed to public view. I imagine it's been defaced by the toddler's goons at his request.

Steven2

His name is still up, violating the court order.

RFK Brain Worm Jr.2

Trump's tiny penis will shrink even smaller if they take away the tarp and we all see that his illegally placed name has been removed.

🍁Jaded🍁2

Perhaps his name wasn't removed.

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