By
Nia Prater,
Intelligencer staff writer, who covers New York politics
Last week, a federal judge struck down one of President Donald Trump’s most egregious branding attempts, ruling that he lacked the authority to tack his name onto the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — the storied Washington, D.C., institution that first opened in 1971. Now Trump is wasting little time washing his hands of the whole affair.
CBS News reports that an internal memo from the center is circulating, which directs staff to begin dropping Trump’s name from anything associated with the institution. Per the outlet, the center’s general counsel informed employees that signage both inside and outside the building displaying the president’s name as well as any furniture featuring his moniker must be changed by Friday, June 12.
