Scorching Takes: Dems Soften Down Over Kennedy Heart Title Change – Ric Grenell Ranges Them With Actuality
As we reported, the board of the Kennedy Center voted to add President Donald Trump’s name to the Center after the efforts he made to help restore the renowned arts venue.
Today, we proudly unveil the updated exterior designation—honoring the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and the enduring legacy of John F. Kennedy. 🇺🇸
The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts pic.twitter.com/ALEE59pkZ9
— The Trump Kennedy Center (@kencen) December 19, 2025
🔥 🔥 Workers were seen celebrating after installing the name “TRUMP” on the Trump Kennedy Center building.
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 19, 2025
But it’s a bit like the craziness over the White House ballroom. Trump gets a ballroom for free that the nation can use forever, and Democrats attack. Adding Trump’s name is their current excuse for melting down, and folks on the right are enjoying tantrums.
The hot takes on the left were something to see, starting with this guy who said he was a resident of Washington, D.C., but thinks “democracy died today” because of this.
Hysterical leftist melts down over President Trump’s name being hung on the Kennedy Center.
“I’m feeling like democracy died today. We should all be shocked that a convicted felon, and a thug, and a grifter stuck his name on top of a national monument!”pic.twitter.com/82ntSethh6
— Media Research Center (@theMRC) December 19, 2025
I didn’t know democracy died because Trump saved the Kennedy Center. And we’re not a pure democracy for a reason; we’re a constitutional republic.
Then there was Jim Acosta, the former CNN character, losing his mind. This is hilarious, as he reports from “the scene of the crime.” And he turned off his comments on X, so he wouldn’t have to hear from the folks laughing at him.
Reporting from the scene of the crime. Trump has slapped his name on the Kennedy Center. But we will never call it the Trump Kennedy Center: pic.twitter.com/DFlabMjZPJ
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) December 19, 2025
Who is he reporting for, anyway? Trump has broken him.
Kennedy Center head, Ric Grenell, had a little fun with him.
Welcome to the Trump Kennedy Center, Jim. https://t.co/8hGMbnAl1F
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) December 19, 2025
The White House Deputy Press Secretary, Abigail Jackson, noted that maybe the media was trying to deflect from some of the other visuals that were dropping on Friday.
Wow CNN & MSDNC are back to hyperventilating over the Trump-Kennedy Center. They *really* don’t want to talk about this photo of Bill Clinton. pic.twitter.com/jGONCnrW6S
— Abigail Jackson (@ATJackson47) December 19, 2025
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Then there were the meltdowns for some of the Kennedy family, including Maria Shriver, saying it was named after her uncle.
The Kennedy Center was named after my uncle, President John F Kennedy. It was named in his honor. He was a man who was interested in the arts, interested in culture, interested in education, language, history. He brought the arts into the White House, and he and my Aunt Jackie… pic.twitter.com/wcGjTp2uqa
— Maria Shriver (@mariashriver) December 18, 2025
But that’s when Grenell schooled her, saying the building had been falling apart and they didn’t help at all.
The place was literally falling apart and you didn’t help – at all.
Where you been, Maria? You were completely silent while the building crumbled.
Donald Trump had to step in and save it because you didn’t help.
You should thank him. https://t.co/ngBPNkrf4w
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) December 18, 2025
Democrats want to talk, but it’s Trump who is putting in the work to restore the building. If they cared so much, where have they been?
We’ve written before about how Grenell discovered the horrible state the Center’s finances were in as well.
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Kerry Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s sister, even threatened to take a “pickax” to the letters spelling out Trump’s name on the building at the end of Trump’s term. And she, too, cut off comments.
Three years and one month from today, I’m going to grab a pickax and pull those letters off that building, but I’m going to need help holding the ladder. Are you in? Applying for my carpenter’s card today, so it’ll be a union job!!! pic.twitter.com/ZLPhd7fU31
— Kerry Kennedy (@KerryKennedyRFK) December 19, 2025
Except, of course, there’s a small problem with her assertion. She thinks she will be able to do that after Trump’s term. But what’s she going to do if it’s President JD Vance next?
Again, Grenell did some schooling, saying she should be thanking them instead.
You left the place in ruin over the years.
Financially and physically.
You should thank President Trump for saving it. https://t.co/Q0ctZ7NF8X
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) December 19, 2025
The Center is a public institution, not a family-owned entity.
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