WASHINGTON: The White House announced Thursday that Washington’s iconic John F. Kennedy arts center is to be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center” after President Donald Trump. The extraordinary naming of a major cultural venue after a living president is just the latest effort by the 79-year-old Republican to stamp his identity on the US capital in his second term. He has also demolished the White House East Wing in order to install a grand ballroom, and is seeking to construct a large triumphal arch.

The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts will be renamed the "Trump-Kennedy Center," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said.

The board of the performing arts centre voted to name it after President Donald Trump, rebranding it the 'Trump-Kennedy Center', press secretary Karoline Leavitt says.

WASHINGTON: The White House announced Thursday that Washington’s iconic John F. Kennedy arts center is to be renamed the “Trump-Kennedy Center” after President Donald Trump. The…

Relatives of the late President John F Kennedy have expressed outrage at the proposal to rename the arts centre.

Trump, a Republican who's chairman of the board, said at the White House that he was “surprised" and “honored” by the vote.

The Kennedy Center board on Thursday voted to add Trump's name to the famed arts institution.

The Trump administration moved quickly to add the president's name to signage for the newly branded Trump-Kennedy Center.

President Donald Trump's name was affixed to The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., with one Kennedy family member threatening to chisel the change out.

Relatives of the late President John F Kennedy slammed the centre's board, saying the name cannot be changed under law.