The restoration of normalcy is underway! Let’s keep it rolling through November.
USA TODAY
June 13, 2026
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump's name is off the Kennedy Center after workers in the early morning of June 13 took down the president's signage after blowing past a deadline to comply with a judge's order.
Construction crews first showed up at the iconic arts institution on the afternoon of June 12, mounted scaffolding and and geared up to take down the president's name ‒ letter by letter ‒ from the sign on the building's facade.
Yet for several hours, the scaffolding sat there with no action. The center's Trump-appointed leadership waited until after an end-of-day deadline for workers to remove Trump's name. Work to take down the letters finally got underway at 3:10 a.m. ET, lasting about 30 minutes. A tarp was placed on parts of the scaffolding, seemingly to block views of Trump's name disappearing from the venue.
Ahead of the drawn-out removal, the scene outside the Kennedy Center turned into a spectacle.
Hundreds of onlookers cheered and sang God Bless America as workers in hard hats with bungee lanyards clipped to their fluorescent yellow vests prepared to remove Trump's name. Many in the crowd were dressed as if for a performance at the stately Washington, DC, venue. Onlookers were festive and chatty amid thunderstorms that threatened to delay the work. Passersby honked their car horns in approval.
Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center after blowing past deadline
A federal judge ruled May 29 that adding Trump's name to the center was illegal and ordered it be stripped from official materials and eliminated from signage.
Joey GarrisonSusan PageMichael LoriaUSA TODAY
June 13, 2026
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump's name is off the Kennedy Center after workers in the early morning of June 13 took down the president's signage after blowing past a deadline to comply with a judge's order.
Construction crews first showed up at the iconic arts institution on the afternoon of June 12, mounted scaffolding and and geared up to take down the president's name ‒ letter by letter ‒ from the sign on the building's facade.
Yet for several hours, the scaffolding sat there with no action. The center's Trump-appointed leadership waited until after an end-of-day deadline for workers to remove Trump's name. Work to take down the letters finally got underway at 3:10 a.m. ET, lasting about 30 minutes. A tarp was placed on parts of the scaffolding, seemingly to block views of Trump's name disappearing from the venue.
Ahead of the drawn-out removal, the scene outside the Kennedy Center turned into a spectacle.
Hundreds of onlookers cheered and sang God Bless America as workers in hard hats with bungee lanyards clipped to their fluorescent yellow vests prepared to remove Trump's name. Many in the crowd were dressed as if for a performance at the stately Washington, DC, venue. Onlookers were festive and chatty amid thunderstorms that threatened to delay the work. Passersby honked their car horns in approval.
These people are the worst of us.
. F’en SAVAGE.
