After courts knocked down attempts to delay the signage change, workers began taking letters off the performing arts center’s exterior early Saturday morning.

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.

Judge rejects Trump administration’s 11th-hour attempt to rename iconic venue after himself while legal battle continues

Workers began removing US President Donald Trump's name from the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts early Saturday, narrowly missing a court-ordered Friday deadline…

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.