{"id":2458,"date":"2026-06-29T08:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2458"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T08:10:09","slug":"trump-roasted-for-ridiculous-tarp-at-kennedy-center-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2458","title":{"rendered":"Trump Roasted for \u2018Ridiculous\u2019 Tarp at Kennedy Center Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s failure to rename the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts to honor himself was front of mind on Sunday as the center hosted its first event since a federal judge ruled that Trump\u2019s name change was unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2456\">Desperate Trump, 80, Tries to Prove He\u2019s Still Healthy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Comedian and <i>Real Time <\/i>host Bill Maher accepted the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor on Sunday at a Kennedy Center ceremony.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Maher, however, was not the only name raising eyebrows at the ceremony. The tarp covering the Kennedy Center\u2019s name was a hot topic of conversation, with multiple stars referencing it during the event.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled in May that the president\u2019s attempt to change the center\u2019s name to The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts was unlawful because Trump did not seek prior congressional approval. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it,\u201d Cooper said.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Trump\u2019s name was removed from the facade of the center on June 13. Since then, the center\u2019s name has been obscured by scaffolding and tarps, which were still in place on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters on the red carpet, Maher said the tarp was \u201chysterical,\u201d according to Deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, as much as you could try to think of his next move, you could never do it,\u201d Maher said of Trump. \u201cOnly he could think of that. The tarp. I just never would have gone there. To me it just makes it better and funnier, and it\u2019s a funny event celebrating funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Comedian and guest speaker Jay Leno also addressed the absurdity of the tarp on the red carpet on Sunday night, calling it \u201chilarious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what\u2019s funny? It\u2019s vanity. It\u2019s not a war, it\u2019s not people getting killed. It\u2019s not antisemitism. It\u2019s not racism. It\u2019s a silly thing covering a name. I mean, what\u2019s funnier than that? You know, it\u2019s high school with money,\u201d Leno told reporters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s ridiculous. Like, why is that up there? I don\u2019t know why it\u2019s up there, but it makes me laugh.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Once the event had commenced, another guest speaker, actor Woody Harrelson, referenced the tarps while on stage.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2455\">Bill Maher, 71, Cornered on Trump Suck-Up at Kennedy Honor<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFinally, an award for my dear friend \u2014 ironically at the Trump Kennedy Center,\u201d Harrelson said, according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, right, we fixed that. Not as though you\u2019d be able to notice,\u201d he added, in reference to the tarps still covering the changed name outside.<\/p>\n<p>As guests walked on the red carpet, the signage read, \u201cThe Kennedy Center\u201d and \u201cMark Twain Prize,\u201d with no reference to Trump\u2019s attempted rebrand in sight.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Maher attending a dinner at the White House last year, after which he described Trump as \u201cgracious and measured,\u201d the pair have repeatedly traded insults in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Trump launched several attacks on Maher via Truth Social, calling him \u201chighly overrated lightweight\u201d and a \u201cweak and ineffective person.\u201d In addition, the White House initially claimed that reports Maher would be receiving the Mark Twain Prize were \u201cfake news\u201d and went so far as to attempt to prevent Maher from receiving the honor. <\/p>\n<p>Maher joked in the opening monologue of his show, <i>Real Time with Bill Maher, <\/i>that after \u201ca lot of back and forth,\u201d he and the president had \u201creached a compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe compromise is that I am going to get it and then I\u2019m going to give it to [Trump],\u201d Maher joked. \u201cEverybody\u2019s happy. I just want things to work out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president was the butt of several jokes throughout the evening, with guest speaker Whitney Cummings taking aim at Trump for his ties to convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually heard Trump may come tonight but he couldn\u2019t make it,\u201d Cummings joked, adding, \u201cHe got caught in sex traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><i>Obsessed with pop culture and entertainment? Follow us on <\/i><i>Substack<\/i><i> and <\/i><i>YouTube<\/i><i> for even more coverage.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2453\">Pentagon Pete Accused of Axing General Over a \u2018Grudge\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s failure to rename the John F. 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