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The Kennedy Center’s board of trustees moved decisively this week, voting to add President Donald J. Trump’s name to the nation’s premier performing arts venue and quickly updating signage to reflect the new “Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” The swift action has sent the left-wing establishment into a predictable frenzy, proving once again that cultural elites would rather cling to outrage than celebrate a rescued institution.
Board members who now oversee the Center were appointed after a thorough overhaul earlier this year, and the decision to rebrand was presented as recognition for the chairman’s role in stabilizing the venue’s finances and restoring its facilities. Supporters say the newly installed name honors the work done to save the building from decay and neglect, a fact the mainstream media is eager to ignore while it fulminates about pageantry.
Of course the outrage revolves around a legal technicality the left has casually invoked only when convenient: Congress originally designated the building as a living memorial to President Kennedy in 1964, and some experts insist only Congress can change that statutory language. If Democrats want to defend a dead statute rather than defend arts and culture, that’s their choice — but patriotic Americans should ask why legacy and law suddenly matter only when it impedes their political fights.
Predictably, members of the Kennedy family and Democratic lawmakers erupted, with Kerry Kennedy vowing theatrically to pry the letters off herself and Rep. Joyce Beatty claiming she was muted during the virtual board meeting. The spectacle from the left has been less about protecting history and more about staging virtue-signaling theater, a performance that rings hollow when compared to the substance of what was actually achieved for the Center’s future.
Let’s be honest: the folks running the show now saved the Kennedy Center from financial ruin and chaos, and the board’s unanimous vote reflects that reality even while the media spins it as narcissism. Conservatives who love America’s institutions should applaud practical stewardship that keeps our cultural monuments vibrant and solvent, rather than join a chorus of self-righteous critics who would rather let buildings crumble than see a political foe receive credit.
This fight is not ultimately about a sign on a building; it’s about who gets to decide what our public spaces celebrate. If you believe in merit, accountability, and American greatness, then you should stand with those who fixed the problem instead of with the naysayers who only want to weaponize memory for political gain. America’s culture will be stronger when we reward results and refuse to bow to performative outrage.
