He's renamed the Kennedy Centre already

[canetoad]

I went to the website, looking for the names of the board members who voted to rename. Greeted by a popup saying the site experiencing more traffic than usual .... etc. This is how the website looks
https://www.kennedy-center.org/visit/Tour

[calimary]

1. I'll never refer to it by that name.

It’s the Kennedy Center. Period. End of story. (At least for me.)

[bif]

11. And it'll always be Washington National Airport

[calimary]

13. Yep.

I will NOT be okay with him sticking his damn name on everything he sees. Like he’s marking what he assumes is HIS territory. Surprised he hasn’t tried to pee on it to “make sure”.

[MustLoveBeagles]

14. Nor will I

While this isn't the worst thing he's done, it's still disgraceful.

[Wiz Imp]

2. Here is the list of Board Members.

I believe only the regular board members named by Trump voted.

Half are members of his administration or family members of people in the administration. Only 3 can be said to have even the loosest connection to the Arts.

Lee Greenwood - Singer
Mary Helen Bowers - former Ballerina
Patricia Duggan - supposedly a "Glass Artist"

I'm sure these 34 were the only ones who voted.

Members Appointed by the President of the United States
Brian D. Ballard
Maria Bartiromo
Pamela Bondi
Mary Helen Bowers
Hannah F. Buchan
Robert Castellani
Elaine Chao
Pamella Roland DeVos
Patricia Duggan
John Falconetti
Emilia May Fanjul
Jennifer Fischer
Lynette Friess
Sergio Gor
Pamela Gross
Lee Greenwood
Kate Adamson Haselwood
Laura Ingraham
Michele Kessler
Dana Kraft
Mindy Levine
Lynda Lomangino
Barbara Long
Allison Lutnick
Douglas Manchester
Catherine B. Reynolds
Denise Saul
Dan Scavino
Cheri Summerall
President Donald J. Trump
Usha Vance
Susie Wiles
Andrea Wynn
Paolo Zampolli

There are also 23 Ex Officio Members Designated by Act of Congress. These are split pretty evenly between Democrats and Republicans but includes 3 Cabinet members plus the Speaker of The House and Senate Majority Leader.

Ex Officio Members Designated by Act of Congress
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health & Human Services
Robert Newlen, Acting Librarian of Congress
Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
Billie Tsien, Chair, U.S. Commission of Fine Arts
Muriel Bowser, Mayor, District of Columbia
Lewis Ferebee, Chancellor, DC Public Schools
TBD, Director, National Park Service
Linda McMahon, Secretary of Education
Lonnie Bunch, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
Representative Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives
Representative Sam Graves
Representative Rick Larsen
Representative Julia Letlow
Representative Mike McCaul
Representative Joyce Beatty
Senator John Thune, Senate Majority Leader
Senator Chuck Schumer, Senate Democratic Leader
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Senator Shelley Moore Capito
Senator Mark Warner
Senator Chris Van Hollen
Senator Susan Collins

I found all info here: https://www.kennedy-center.org/about-us/leadership/trustees/

[canetoad]

5. Thanks for that

Answers my questions.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. He's done no such thing.

Karoline Leavitt claims that the name has been changed, but she's wrong.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/20/76i

20 U.S. Code § 76i - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

U.S. Code

(a)In general
The Board shall construct for the Smithsonian Institution, with funds raised by voluntary contributions, a building to be designated as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a site in the District of Columbia bounded by the Inner Loop Freeway on the east, the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge approaches on the south, Rock Creek Parkway on the west, New Hampshire Avenue and F Street on the north, which shall be selected for such purpose by the National Capital Planning Commission. The National Capital Planning Commission shall acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, lands necessary to provide for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and related facilities. Such building shall be in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Commission of Fine Arts.

[canetoad]

6. Thanks, I get all that

He's had a kid insert one word in the html. Of course everything else is unchanged, including the domain name.

I feel that tsf and Musk are trolling.

[Wiz Imp]

8. Of course it hasn't been legally changed

but changing it on the website is an incomprehensibly horrible and sick thing to do (which has been done).

[mahatmakanejeeves]

10. No doubt Sean Duffy will withhold funds from DC if the highway signage isn't changed. NT

[usonian]

4. He renames a lot of things he does not deserve to

Like president.

Only fair one is the Trump Memorial Library. Attaching photo in an edit.

[Sneederbunk]

7. To be followed by the Trump Lincoln Memorial and Trump Wahington Monument.

[TommyT139]

9. One of the board members was muted

...on the zoom meeting - she was not permitted to voice her opposition.

It was not unanimous - it was rigged.

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. We shouldn't forget that fact

[oasis]

12. What a steaming pile of crap.