Trump Lashes Out at ‘Hater’ Federal Judge Who Blocked Adding His Name to Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump criticized a federal judge for blocking his plans to renovate the Kennedy Center and remove his name from it. He expressed frustration over what he perceives as unfair treatment in legal matters. Following the ruling, Trump indicated he might relinquish control of the center to Congress.
- ▪Trump labeled U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper as an 'anti Trump Hater' after the judge's ruling.
- ▪The judge's decision halted Trump's plans for a two-year renovation of the Kennedy Center.
- ▪Trump suggested that the judge's wife influenced the ruling, although he provided no evidence.
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U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Saturday (May 30) branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation’s premier performing arts center he wanted to shutter for a two-year overhaul will “soon be closed, probably never to open again.” Related President Trump Blocked From Adding His Name to Kennedy Center by Federal Judge Trump Takes Over as Freedom 250’s Great American State Fair Headliner After Several Artists Drop Out Shaboozey Teases That ‘Summer House’ Star Ciara Miller Is in His ‘Cowgirl’ Music Video: ‘Behind Every Outlaw Is a Cowgirl Twice as Dangerous’ In…
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