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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Construction crew strips Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after president loses another legal battle

President Donald Trump’s name was stripped from the Kennedy Center in an overnight operation from behind a massive tarp draped over scaffolding.

Construction crews in hard hats and neon green high-vis vests began removing the president’s name from the building’s marble facade shortly after 3 a.m. Saturday, hours after a federal judge and panel of appeals court judges denied the administration’s 11th-hour attempts to rename the venue after himself.

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