Donald Trump was mocked from the stage of Washington's Kennedy Center on Sunday night, when comedian Whitney Cummings cracked a 'sex traffic' joke about the President's past friendship with Jeffrey Epstein during a ceremony honouring Bill Maher with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.
The jibe landed at a politically loaded moment for the venue itself. The event was the first major gala at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since a federal judge struck downTrump's effort to add his own name to the landmark's title. A white tarp still shrouded the facade where workers had removed newly installed lettering bearing Trump's name, turning the building's exterior into an unmistakable visual punchline even before the comics took the stage.
