Trump’s handpicked board votes to rename Washington performing arts center the Trump-Kennedy Center

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s handpicked board voted Thursday to rename Washington’s leading performing arts center as the Trump-Kennedy Center, the White House said.

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the vote on social media, saying it was because of the “unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building. Not only from the standpoint of its reconstruction, but also financially, and its reputation.”

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts was named by Congress.

The Associated Press