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'Trying to hide': Kennedy Center refuses to take tarps off where Trump's name was removed
The Tarp Is the PointThe Name Belonged to CongressA federal court ordered the Kennedy Center to remove Trump’s name from the building because Congress only authorized Kennedy’s name there. That is the key fact: this was never Trump’s monument to begin with. He did not own the institution, and he did not possess the legal power to rename it by force of personality.What he did have was access, influence, and the habit of treating public institutions as personal property.A Defeat Hidden in Plain SightThe reported mystery is not mysterious. Trump’s name came down. Tarps stayed up. The center…
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