{"id":139,"date":"2026-05-27T23:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2026-05-27T23:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:42:35","slug":"kennedy-center-goon-grovels-over-irreparable-harm-of-tearing-trumps-name-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=139","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Center Goon Grovels Over \u2018Irreparable Harm\u2019 of Tearing Trump\u2019s Name Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s top Kennedy Center goon has pleaded with a federal judge not to remove the 79-year-old\u2019s name from the building.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=137\">Trump\u2019s Favorite Newspaper Hits Him With a Brutal Reality Check<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matt Floca\u2014who was appointed as the historic performing arts center\u2019s executive director after his predecessor, Ric Grenell, stepped down in March\u2014filed a  on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia asserting that the president\u2019s impact on the center\u2019s funding is paramount.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s fundraising on behalf of the Center is exemplified by the tens of millions of dollars already raised,\u201d Floca, 39, stated in the document. \u201cFurther, the President has committed to raise $150 million on its behalf from private donors over the next two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cShould President Trump\u2019s name be removed from the Center, that vital fundraising connection will be severed, causing irreparable harm and fundamentally destabilizing the Center\u2019s development efforts, severely impairing its trust-funded artistic programming, and rendering the continuation of ongoing trust-funded operations financially nonviable,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Floca\u2019s declaration is part of a lawsuit filed by Democratic Ohio congresswoman and ex officio board member Joyce Beatty in December 2025, which disputes the board\u2019s decision to permanently add Trump\u2019s name to the building.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has reached out to the Kennedy Center for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Reached for comment, White House spokesperson Liz Huston told the Daily Beast in a statement: \u201cWhile the Democrats neglected the Trump-Kennedy Center for years, President Trump immediately stepped up to rescue and revitalize the institution. The newly named Trump-Kennedy Center proudly recognizes President Trump\u2019s incredible contributions including strengthening its finances, leading major building upgrades, removing divisive woke programming, and transforming it into a welcoming destination that everyone can enjoy under his leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beatty, who was appointed to the board by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2019, filed a motion in March arguing that Congress made it clear that the Kennedy Center remain named solely after former President John F. Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=135\">Don Jr. Mocked for Shameless Suck-Up to Dad After Wedding Snub<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenaming the Kennedy Center for President Trump \u2014 without any authorization from Congress \u2014 undermines the Center\u2019s raison d\u2019\u00eatre, and frustrates its purpose as the only memorial to President Kennedy in Washington, D.C.,&#8221; the motion said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress was particularly sensitive that no other names appear on the Center\u2019s exterior walls, other than the signage designating the institution as a memorial for President Kennedy,\u201d the motion continued.<\/p>\n<p>Since Trump took over as chairman of the Center\u2019s board and installed his own handpicked cronies alongside him, the near-octogenarian has urged more conservative-friendly programming, seeking its departure from so-called \u201cwoke culture.\u201d However, the Kennedy Center has experienced plummeting ticket sales and widespread cancellations in the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>The president announced in March that the Kennedy Center would begin a two-year restoration project starting in July, which will result in \u201capproximately 75 to 175 of the Center\u2019s roughly 300 employees\u201d losing their jobs, CNN reported at the time.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Since taking on his role overseeing the Kennedy Center, Floca, who holds a Bachelor of Science in construction management from Louisiana State University, has tried desperately to highlight areas of the building Trump has called \u201cdilapidated,\u201d \u201cdangerous,\u201d and \u201cin very bad shape.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=133\">Damning Poll Shows Key Voters Turning Against Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s top Kennedy Center goon has pleaded with a federal judge not to remove the 79-year-old\u2019s name from the building. 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