Mary Trump is pushing her “contempt” aside to offer a pretty compassionate — albeit sad — reason for why President Donald Trump slaps “his name on everything.”
During Thursday’s episode of the Daily Beast’s podcast, host Joanna Coles asked Trump’s niece — who is a psychologist and outspoken critic of her uncle’s politics — about why she thinks the president decided to change the name of the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center. The Kennedy Center was named in honor of President John F. Kennedy in 1964, months after his November 1963 assassination.
“I’m trying to contain my contempt,” Mary Trump prefaced, calling the move “obscene” and “illegal” by noting that in order to actually change the name of the institution, it needs to be approved by Congress.
“Also, last I checked, you’re not really supposed to be naming things after living presidents, current or former,” she added.
Mary Trump then pivoted to give her opinion on why her uncle decided to change the name.
