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Comedy Writer Bought ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ Domain Names, Anticipating President Would Rename Institution After Himself: ‘Satire Became Unavoidable’

Dec 26, 2025 6:26am PT Comedy Writer Bought ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ Domain Names, Anticipating President Would Rename Institution After Himself: ‘Satire Became Unavoidable’ By Todd Spangler Plus Icon Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor xpangler Latest Comedy Writer Bought ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ Domain Names, Anticipating President Would Rename Institution After Himself: ‘Satire Became Unavoidable’ 41 minutes ago Comcast Extends Michael Cavanagh’s Contract Through 2029, Grants Exec Stock Worth $35 Million 3 days ago Hideo Kojima Found Himself Unexpectedly Hooked on ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ — and ‘Ended Up Crying My Eyes Out’ 3 days ago See All Last week, President Donald Trump’s name was emblazoned across the Kennedy Center’s building façade, website and social media accounts. The organization’s new name, after what the White House claimed was a unanimous vote by the board of trustees, is “The Donald J. Trump and The John F.

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Credit: WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 19: Workers adjust the name of the “John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts" on December 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted in what they say was a unanimous decision to rename the facility “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. (Photo by Heather Diehl/

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  • Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.” Experts say the renaming of the Kennedy Center is illegal.
  • But the Kennedy Center is not the current owner of trumpkennedycenter. org or trumpkennedycenter. com — because back in August, comedy writer Toby Morton registered those two domain names, expecting Trump and his allies to add Trump’s name to the D. C.
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  • Popular on Variety “As soon as Trump began gutting the Kennedy Center board earlier this year, I thought, ‘Yep, that name’s going on the building,’” Morton recently told the Washington Post.
  • “The Kennedy Center has always been a cultural institution meant to outlast any one administration or personality.
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