In many of these ventures, Trump collected licensing fees, rather than investing his own money, ensuring that he profited even if the businesses collapsed. But the Kennedy Center was named after JFK by an act of Congress in 1964, a year after his assassination, and Democrats argue that the center’s board does not have the power to rename it the Trump Kennedy Center. Before setting his sights on the Kennedy Center, Trump had already gone on a rebranding spree in Washington DC and across government programs. By reviving an obsolete class of warship, Trump wants the US military to build a weapon with little strategic purpose other than to carry his name across the oceans. “If he was smart, he would’ve put his name on it,” Trump said of Washington, according to a report in Politico.

Source: The Guardian December 27, 2025 19:17 UTC