Bouwvakkers hebben zaterdagochtend de naam van president Donald Trump van de gevel van het Kennedy Center in Washington verwijderd. Dit was enkele uren na de deadline die de rechter had gesteld voor het verwijderen van Trumps naam op het kunstcentrum.

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.

Prospects are dimming that the Kennedy Center board will change the sign on Friday, according to a person with knowledge of the legal fight.

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.