2026年9月14日 凌晨1:21 美东时间 / CNN
作者：汉娜·帕克
据《纽约时报》和《华盛顿邮报》获得的文件显示，肯尼迪中心的官员警告称，除非将唐纳德·特朗普总统的姓名重新加回建筑标识，否则该中心将在数周内“必然面临财政崩溃”。
据两家媒体报道，这项警告出现在周二特别会议前 circulated 给该表演艺术中心董事会的决议草案中。文件显示，该中心称自己可能在数周内无法支付工资或日常维护合同款项，并面临破产风险。
决议草案称，特朗普已提出提供维持运营所需的资金，但前提是“对他的角色给予适当认可”，否则他不太可能牵头救援或监督计划中的翻新工程。
CNN已联系肯尼迪中心和白宫置评。
“特朗普能带来资金，”董事会成员、长期支持特朗普的盟友保罗·赞波利告诉《泰晤士报》，“所以只要特朗普呼吁为这个地方捐款，所有人都会捐。”
2026年9月2日，在华盛顿特区，约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心外立面的字母被拆除后，防水布仍包裹着脚手架。
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肯尼迪中心拆除知名户外雕塑
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肯尼迪中心拆除知名户外雕塑
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这一指控是特朗普接管这家国家艺术机构的最新转折。自特朗普安插亲信进入董事会并于去年选举其担任主席以来，该机构一直深陷财务动荡、领导层更迭和诉讼纠纷。这一变动导致艺术家取消了原定在该场地的演出，门票销量也出现下滑。
自那以后，特朗普试图在该机构留下自己的印记，于12月将自己的姓名加至建筑外立面，这引发了一场质疑此举合法性的诉讼，法官裁决必须移除他的姓名。相关字样已于6月被拆除。
法庭文件显示，8月，该中心再次投票决定在建筑上添加特朗普的姓名，并关闭场馆进行为期多年的翻新工程。
加剧财务动荡的是，该中心此前在法庭文件中辩称，如果特朗普的姓名未出现在建筑外立面上，它将不得不退还已收到的数百万美元私人捐款，这一说法援引了该中心的章程。
“所有这些资金，数亿美元，都必须立即退还，或者根本无法由中心接收，”该部门告诉上诉法院。
相关报道 8月13日，在华盛顿特区，肯尼迪中心董事会投票决定在建筑上镌刻“由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统及特朗普肯尼迪中心基金修复翻新”字样，当日安保人员在该表演艺术中心主入口值守。凯文·拉马克/路透社 特朗普政府威胁：若不允许翻新将拆除肯尼迪中心 阅读时长3分钟
据《华盛顿邮报》报道，根据周二会议前提交给董事会的文件，董事会成员将从10种镌刻方案中选择一种，放置在建筑名称下方。其中一种方案为：“由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统及特朗普肯尼迪中心基金负责翻新修复与捐赠基金”。《纽约时报》也报道了类似的方案选项，包括冠以“感谢唐纳德·J·特朗普总统的慷慨捐赠”的措辞。
《华盛顿邮报》援引9月4日的一起事件称，董事会成员还被要求立即关闭中心主建筑。当日，大礼堂一块天花板石膏从约60英尺高处坠落。管理层已认定该建筑“不安全，不宜继续使用”。
所幸无人受伤，但管理层借此在法庭上强化了翻新必要性的论点。
该场馆的律师辩称，如果当前建筑无法进行大规模翻新，中心“将进一步恶化成为不安全、破败的建筑，最终必须被拆除”。
今年4月，肯尼迪中心官员带领CNN及其他新闻媒体参观了场馆，展示了锅炉房、舞台后方区域、停车场和暖通空调系统，以证明翻新的必要性。
Reports: Kennedy Center warns of bankruptcy unless Trump’s name returns
2026-09-14 01:21 AM ET / CNN
By Hanna Park
Officials at the Kennedy Center warn it faces “certain fiscal collapse” within weeks unless President Donald Trump’s name is added back to the building, according to documents obtained by The New York Times and The Washington Post.
The warning appears in a draft resolution circulated to the performing arts center’s board of trustees ahead of a special meeting Tuesday, the outlets reported. The center says it could be unable to make payroll or pay routine maintenance contracts within weeks and risks bankruptcy, according to the documents.
Trump has offered to raise the money needed to keep it afloat – but only with “appropriate recognition” of his role, without which he is unlikely to lead the rescue or oversee a planned renovation, the resolution says, according to the two outlets.
CNN has reached out to the Kennedy Center and the White House for comment.
“Trump attracts money,” board member and longtime Trump ally Paolo Zampolli told the Times. “So when Trump says donate to this place, everyone will donate.”
Tarp remains surrounding scaffolding after the removal of letters from the facade of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, in Washington, D.C., on September 2.
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Kennedy Center takes down prominent outdoor sculpture
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Kennedy Center takes down prominent outdoor sculpture
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The claim is the latest turn in Trump’s takeover of the national arts institution, which has been mired in financial turmoil, leadership churn and litigation since he installed loyalists to the board, who then elected him chairman last year. The change led to artists pulling out of planned events at the venue and a drop in ticket sales.
Since then, Trump has sought to put his stamp on the institution, adding his name to the building’s exterior in December, prompting a lawsuit challenging the legality of the change and a ruling from a judge that his name must be removed. The lettering was taken down in June.
In August, the center voted once again to add Trump’s name on the building and close for a yearslong renovation, court filings show.
Adding to the financial turmoil, the center previously argued in court filings it would have to return millions of dollars in private donations it had already received if Trump’s name wasn’t on the building’s facade, citing the center’s bylaws.
“All of this money, hundreds of millions of dollars, will have to be immediately returned, or not received by the Center,” the department told an appeals court.
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According to the documents provided to the board ahead of Tuesday’s meeting, trustees are being asked to choose among 10 inscriptions to place beneath the building’s name, the Post reported. One reads: “Renovation Restoration and Endowment overseen by President Donald J. Trump and the Trump Kennedy Center Fund.” The Times reported similar options, including language crediting “the generosity of President Donald J. Trump.”
Trustees are also being asked to close the center’s main building immediately, the Post reported, citing a September 4 incident in which a section of ceiling plaster fell about 60 feet in the Grand Foyer. Management has deemed the building “unsafe for continued occupancy,” the Post reported.
No one was hurt, but the administration has used it to bolster its argument in court that renovations are needed.
Lawyers for the venue have argued that if the current building cannot undergo extensive renovations, the center “will deteriorate further into an unsafe, decrepit structure that will be required to be taken down.”
In April, Kennedy Center officials gave CNN and other news outlets a tour of the building, showing the boiler room, behind the stages, through the parking garages, and the HVAC system to provide evidence of the need for the renovations.
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