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Miles Archer

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Thu Feb 5, 2026, 10:26 PM Thursday

Michael Wolff claims the "rebrand" Trump WANTED was "The Trump Center," asking "Why does this have to be Kennedy?" [View all]

Trump’s inner circle had to talk him down from an even more egregious rebranding of the Kennedy Center, according to his biographer.

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But the president’s egomaniacal quest may have escalated further had his advisers not intervened to curb his narcissistic impulses, author Michael Wolff shared on the Inside Trump’s Head podcast.

“His first idea was to call this the Trump Center,” Wolff told co-host Joanna Coles.

According to the author, who regularly speaks to people in the White House, Trump asked, “Why does this have to be Kennedy? That was such a long time ago.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/why-megalomaniac-trump-is-destroying-the-kennedy-center-michael-wolff/

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