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Watch Video: Workers Are Officially Removing Trump’s Name From The Kennedy Center Facade Following A Judge’s Ruling That It Was Added Unlawfully

The "Trump" letters are officially off the Kennedy Center in Washington.

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Donald Trump’s dream to rename the Kennedy Center is officially dead, with the removal on Saturday morning of Trump’s name from the side of the building.

“After a night of storms, both political and meteorological, workers removed President Trump’s name from the white marble facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts early on Saturday morning, responding to a federal judge’s ruling that its rebranding was unlawful,” The New York Times reported.

There was a midnight deadline to remove the letters, which was extended by a few hours, and they ultimately came down at about 3 a.m.

The actual removal was mostly blocked by a curtain, but eventually it was revealed that Trump’s name was gone:

“Workers spent about eight hours on Friday building towering scaffolding in front of the section of the facade bearing Mr. Trump’s name,” the Times added. “Then, in the early hours of Saturday, they hung heavy white tarps from the structure. It obscured views of the removal, which was a significant symbolic victory for opponents of Mr. Trump’s takeover of an iconic performing arts center.”

The letters had earlier been removed from the center’s website, as a result of a legal ruling that Trump’s hand-picked board did not have the right to rename the performing arts center in the absence of an act of Congress.

Social media users rejoiced at the removal of the president’s name:

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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