All three federal decisions are sure to upset Trump, but the one I think will bother him the most concerns the Kennedy Center.
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Trump received the following order:
ORDERED that Defendants, and their employees, agents, and any person acting in concert with them, are hereby preliminarily ENJOYED from enforcing or implementing the decision of the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts dated March 16, 2026, to “halt” programming activities and “close” the “doors” of the Center entirely effective July 5, 2026, for the period necessary to complete repairs and catering financed by the section. 60025 of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. See ECF n° 34-5, p. 8.
Defendants may not take action to implement the March 16 decision during the pendency of this action, or until the Board approves any closure consistent with the Court’s Memorandum Opinion and the Court issues a new order dissolving or modifying this preliminary injunction.
The administration is not allowed to close the Kennedy Center or proceed with its plan to name it after Trump.
The President’s Bad Friday contained even more bad news.