In December, the White Home introduced that the board had “unanimously” voted to rename the Kennedy Heart the Trump Kennedy Heart, and the web site was up to date to mirror the change.
Trump’s identify was added to the constructing’s signage on December 19, studying “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Heart for the Performing Arts.”
“The unanimous vote acknowledges that the present Chairman saved the establishment from monetary wreck and bodily destruction,” Roma Daravi, the middle’s vp of public relations, mentioned in an announcement to Enterprise Insider. “The brand new Trump Kennedy Heart displays the unequivocal bipartisan assist for America’s cultural heart for generations to come back.”
Trump mentioned he was “honored,” whereas Democratic lawmakers and members of the Kennedy household criticized the president.
Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, contested the White Home’s declare of a unanimous vote, writing on X that “microphones had been muted and the board assembly and vote NOT unanimous,” whereas Kennedy’s niece, Maria Shriver, wrote on X that the change isn’t acceptable.
Six Democratic lawmakers mentioned in an announcement that Trump was “trying to affix his identify to one more public establishment with out authorized authority.”
