2026-06-14T23:21:07.007Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
根据联邦法院命令，唐纳德·特朗普总统的姓名被移除后，肯尼迪中心的外立面仍被大型防水布覆盖着。
工作人员于周六清晨拆除金属标牌后，游客们因无法看到后续施工情况而感到困惑和沮丧。
此次移除行动是在上诉法院维持下级法院裁决，认定在建筑上添加特朗普姓名属非法行为之后进行的。
周日，肯尼迪中心外立面仍覆盖着大型条纹防水布，这让一些专程前往这座知名艺术场馆见证特朗普姓名被移除的游客感到困惑和沮丧。
来自纽约、正在华盛顿特区实习的居民斯蒂芬·卡肯告诉CNN，周六按照联邦法官的命令移除总统姓名后，防水布仍未拆除，这让他感到不解。“这看起来像是他们想转移人们对这场闹剧的注意力，”卡肯说道。
周日下午，建筑外立面大部分区域——也就是去年12月安装特朗普姓名金属标牌的位置——仍被遮盖，许多人无法看到拆除后的现状。专程来到肯尼迪中心的马里兰州居民约翰·马修·史密斯认为，特朗普“企图削弱美国的象征”。
“在我看来，他先是试图玷污美国的象征，接下来就要着手毁掉整个国家了，”史密斯说道。
住在附近的华盛顿居民蒂姆·特普斯特拉本周末第二次来到肯尼迪中心，希望防水布已经被拆除。“要是能亲眼确认标牌已经被彻底拆除，看不到任何残留就好了，”他说道。
CNN已联系肯尼迪中心，询问其为何仍未拆除防水布。
此次移除行动是在上诉法院拒绝暂停美国地区法官克里斯托弗·库珀的裁决之后进行的。库珀法官认定，肯尼迪中心在建筑上添加特朗普姓名的行为属非法，这也是特朗普重塑美国首都计划的一部分。这座以遇刺总统约翰·F·肯尼迪命名的建筑，其外立面添加特朗普姓名的举动，在这座长期作为深蓝州文化枢纽的城市中，触动了珍视该场馆的居民们敏感的神经。
上周，肯尼迪中心开始在部分区域撤销更名，但并未完全拆除建筑上的特朗普姓名，试图拖延执行库珀法官的裁决。
周五，工作人员开始在场馆外立面搭建脚手架，大批民众聚集围观拆除行动。一些抗议者高呼“把它拆下来”的口号，还一度称工作人员为“英雄”。据透过脚手架缝隙拍摄的视频显示，周六凌晨3点刚过，工作人员就开始拆除标牌。
尽管肯尼迪中心的上诉程序预计将在未来几周内展开，但这场法律争端可追溯至去年12月。当时，特朗普亲自任命的董事会成员添加了他的姓名，引发大批艺术家退出演出。
俄亥俄州民主党众议员、董事会当然成员乔伊斯·比蒂迅速对此次更名提起法律诉讼。周六，比蒂在社交媒体上发布了一段自己随着乡村男孩组合的《YMCA》跳舞的庆祝视频。
在特朗普的第二任期内，肯尼迪中心继续成为他推行符合其文化偏好的文艺活动的平台。他去年12月在此举办了肯尼迪中心荣誉奖颁奖礼，中心还首映了第一夫人梅拉尼娅·特朗普的纪录片。上周，中心还承办了特朗普全国高中公民学竞赛的决赛。
在重塑华盛顿特区的过程中，特朗普还推倒了白宫玫瑰园，改建为类似海湖庄园的露台；拆除了东翼，为大型宴会厅腾出空间；还更改了林肯纪念堂倒影池的颜色。他还计划修建一座高尔夫球场，在阿灵顿国家公墓对面的环岛建造世界最高拱门，并在波托马克河沿岸打造雕塑花园。
与此同时，一些举措更多涉及意识形态而非美学：白宫官员一直在对史密森学会进行审查，试图让该组织符合总统对美国历史和文化的观点。在华盛顿，他的政府还重新安装了一座备受争议的邦联纪念碑；在开国元勋乔治·梅森的纪念地，政府删除了其“自相矛盾地拥有奴隶，同时又是‘个人权利’的捍卫者”的相关表述。
CNN记者德文·科尔、贝齐·克莱因和卡尼塔·艾耶尔对本文亦有贡献。
Kennedy Center exterior remains covered after Trump’s name is removed
2026-06-14T23:21:07.007Z / CNN
Large tarps still cover the Kennedy Center’s exterior after President Donald Trump’s name was removed following a federal court order.
Visitors expressed confusion and frustration at being unable to view what remains after workers took down the metal letters early Saturday morning.
The removal followed an appeals court decision upholding a judge’s ruling that adding Trump’s name to the building was unlawful.
Large striped tarps remained on the Kennedy Center’s exterior Sunday, prompting confusion and frustration from some visitors who arrived to the renowned arts venue to see President Donald Trump’s name removed.
Stephen Caken, a New York resident visiting Washington, DC for an internship, told CNN he was puzzled why the tarp was still up after the president’s name had been removed on Saturday in compliance with a federal judge’s order. “It seems like they’re trying to just kind of take away attention from this whole charade,” Caken said.
Much of the exterior portion of the building where the metal letters marking Trump’s name were installed in December was covered Sunday afternoon, preventing many from viewing what remains. John Mathew Smith, a Maryland resident who made the trip to the Kennedy Center, argued that Trump was “trying to weaken America’s symbols.”
“To me, he’s trying to deface America’s symbols before he starts finishing defacing the country itself,” Smith said.
Tim Terpstra, a Washington resident who lives nearby, arrived at the center for the second time this weekend, hoping that the tarps had been removed. “It would be nice to be able to see to make sure that it is down, and no vestiges of what was up there still remain,” he said.
CNN has reached out to the Kennedy Center for comment about why the tarp is still up.
The removal occurred after an appeals court declined to pause a ruling from US District Judge Christopher Cooper that found the venue acted unlawfully when it added Trump’s name to the building, part of the president’s effort to remake the nation’s capital. The installation of Trump’s name to the building, which was named for assassinated President John F. Kennedy, struck a deep symbolic chord among residents who’ve cherished the center, which has long served as a cultural hub in the deep-blue city.
The center took steps last week to reverse the change in some places but kept the president’s name on the building as it sought to stave off compliance with Cooper’s ruling.
On Friday, crowds had gathered to stake out the removal as crews began to erect scaffolding in front of the venue’s facade. Some protestors shouted chants of “Take it down,” and at one point, called the workers “heroes.” A little after 3 a.m. Saturday, workers appeared to be removing letters, according to video shot through a small opening in the scaffolding.
While the Kennedy Center’s appeal is expected to play out in coming weeks, the legal fight dates back to December, when Trump’s handpicked board of trustees added his name, leading to a wave of artists pulling out of performances.
Rep. Joyce Beatty, an Ohio Democrat and an ex-officio trustee of the board, quickly launched a legal challenge against the name change. On Saturday, Beatty posted a celebratory video on social media of herself doing a dance popularized by Trump to “YMCA” by The Village People.
In Trump’s second term, the venue has continue to served as a vehicle for him to elevate work that aligns with his cultural preferences. He hosted the Kennedy Center Honors in December and the center hosted the premiere of first lady Melania Trump’s documentary. And last week, the center hosted the final round of Trump’s national civics contest for high school students.
In his effort to reshape Washington, DC, Trump has also paved over the White House Rose Garden to create a Mar-a-Lago-esque patio, demolished the East Wing to make room for a massive ballroom, and changed the color of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. He’s also launched efforts to build a golf course, construct the tallest arch in the world on a traffic circle across from Arlington National Cemetery and put a sculpture garden along the Potomac River.
Meanwhile, some efforts have focused more on ideology than aesthetics: White House officials have mounted an ongoing review of the Smithsonian Institution in an effort to align the organization with the president’s views on American history and culture. In Washington, his administration has also reinstalled a controversial Confederate monument and at the memorial of George Mason, a founding father, the administration has removed references to the fact that he “paradoxically” owned slaves despite being a champion of “individual rights.”
CNN’s Devan Cole, Betsy Klein and Kaanita Iyer contributed to this report.
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