Less than a month after the new administration was installed in the White House, the Kennedy Center was the site of a hostile take over where the bi-partisan board was thrown out and a band of loyalists including some White House staff were installed.

As a result, several productions were cancelled over “woke” shows and others were pulled from the Kennedy Center calendar by the artists.

As a result, tickets sales have plummeted.

In the latest move after the take over, the very partisan and loyal board have unanimously voted to rename the historic Kennedy Center to the Trump Kennedy Center.  There has been a great deal of speculation and banter over the past several months over a name change; and now it is a reality.

Democrats are fuming: citing an overstep of legal authority.

Congress named the Center after assassinated President John F. Kennedy in 1964.  Former Senate historian Donald A. Ritchie said that since Congress first named the center, it would be their job to “amend the law”.  He added, “that while Trump and others can informally refer to the center by a different name, they couldn’t do it in a way “that would (legally) stick.”

The board has already renamed the Kennedy Center on the website.

Ex-board member and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said, “legislative action was needed, and we’re going to make that clear.”

Kennedy Center vice president for public relations Roma Daravi said the official name of the Kennedy Center “is now The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.”  She added, “the vote recognized that Trump saved the center from “financial ruin and physical destruction.”  Tickets sales have been down over 40% since the take over.  And, “the new Trump Kennedy Center reflects the unequivocal bipartisan support for America’s cultural center for generations to come,” Daravi said.  The board currently has NO democratic members.

Democrats are not the only people fuming over the name change…
John F. Kennedy’s niece Maria Shriver said, “it is beyond comprehension that Trump has sought to add his name to the memorial to her uncle and beyond wild that he would think doing so is acceptable. It is not.”

Kennedy nephew Tim Shriver added, “renaming an insult to a great president.”

After gutting arts funding, the White House has secured over $250 million from the Republican controlled Congress for renovations to the Kennedy Center.