U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama-era appointee, rejected the request on Friday to block the name change at the Kennedy Center.

Construction crews have erected scaffolding outside the Kennedy Center on Friday, the day of the court-ordered deadline to remove President Donald Trump’s name from the building.

President Donald Trump has asked a federal appeals court to stay a lower-court order that his name before removed from the performing arts center.

US District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled on May 29 that only Congress could rename the arts centre.

The board made a last-minute attempt to halt the order, but U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper rejected the request Friday.

U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama-era appointee, rejected the request on Friday to block the name change at the Kennedy Center.