# Trump’s name to be added to Kennedy Center again

https://mins.news/en/video/21731

- CNN, 2026-08-14 01:00 UTC
- Culture
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtJm5TPAzXA

> President Donald Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board has voted a second time to close the performing arts institution for two years for renovations, according to two people briefed on the decision. The board also approved adding an inscription saying the complex was “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.”

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