2026-09-15T16:28:43.956Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：卡西·亨特、孙伦·瑟法蒂、蒂尔尼·斯尼德
更新于4分钟前
更新时间：2026年9月15日，美国东部时间下午4:02
发布时间：2026年9月15日，美国东部时间中午12:28
肯尼迪中心董事会投票决定关闭该中心，此前一场紧张的会议中，唐纳德·特朗普总统致电斥责了担任该委员会成员的民主党众议员，据三位知情人士透露。
“那简直他妈的疯了，”一位熟悉特朗普与乔伊斯·比蒂议员之间交锋的消息人士说道。比蒂的诉讼一直阻止特朗普的名字被刻在该建筑上。
另一位消息人士称，特朗普咆哮着指责比蒂将此事诉诸法庭，导致这座表演艺术中心陷入困境。比蒂则告诉特朗普，他已经让肯尼迪中心背负了巨额债务。
董事会投票和特朗普的来电，都发生在一名联邦法官叫停肯尼迪中心董事会最新的将特朗普名字加入约翰·F·肯尼迪纪念建筑的计划之后数分钟。
美国地区法官凯西·库珀表示，一项添加感谢总统翻新和修复该建筑铭文的提案，以及将该中心园区以他的名字重新命名的提议——“违反了联邦法院命令和国会通过的一项法规”。
“简单来说，被告方未经国会批准，不得在肯尼迪中心为特朗普总统或其他任何人或事物安装纪念标识，”库珀写道。
不过，在完全关闭该中心之前，董事会需要获得一项裁决，推翻库珀此前要求在比蒂的诉讼进行期间该机构保持开放的法院命令。美国司法部预计将于周五提交该申请。
特朗普称：若不冠名，翻新不会重启
董事会投票后，特朗普暗示，如果他的名字最终没有出现在建筑上，翻新工程就不会启动。
“关闭将立即开始，然而，这项规模庞大且复杂的翻新重建工程，要等到华盛顿巡回法院对董事会已获批的名称提案作出裁决后才能启动，”总统在Truth Social上说道。
特朗普补充道，如果关于名称的法院裁决“是负面的——本来就不该如此——且未被美国最高法院推翻，那么肯尼迪中心的重建和翻新工程就不会进行。”特朗普表示，司法部律师将请求加速上诉。
他还称，他筹集的1700万美元已经存入肯尼迪中心账户，“在此期间维持其运营”。
特朗普的怒火也指向了法官
董事会8月13日通过的一项提案，原本会在该中心外墙刻上“由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统修复翻新”的字样。董事会原本计划于本月添加该铭文，但其律师告知库珀，将推迟至10月8日，以便他就此举的合法性作出裁决。
这场法律缠斗是比蒂提起的诉讼的最新进展，比蒂是董事会的当然成员。在库珀作出裁决前的庭外发言中，比蒂表示，她将反对董事会任何将特朗普名字刻在建筑上的新尝试。
消息人士称，在与肯尼迪中心董事会的通话中，总统还将矛头对准了奥巴马任命的库珀法官。
特朗普也在社交媒体上抨击了这位法官。
“一名充满敌意且有利益冲突的法官（还有什么新鲜事？）似乎不会让此事成真，不幸的是，这座建筑注定要走向毁灭，”总统在Truth Social上说道。
库珀暂缓对8月13日决议的一部分作出裁决——一项提议在该捐赠基金筹集到1亿美元后，添加一条纪念“特朗普肯尼迪中心基金”的额外铭文。
由于该基金尚未筹集到任何资金，库珀表示，对该提案的裁决“为时过早”。相反，他下令，若达到该筹款门槛，必须提前至少60天发出通知，方可添加铭文。
CNN的亚历杭德拉·哈拉米略为本报道作出了贡献。
本故事已更新，补充了最新进展。
Kennedy Center board votes to close for renovations after chaotic call with Trump
2026-09-15T16:28:43.956Z / CNN
By Kasie Hunt, Sunlen Serfaty, Tierney Sneed
Updated 4 min ago
Updated Sep 15, 2026, 4:02 PM ET
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2026, 12:28 PM ET
Kennedy Center board votes to close for renovations after chaotic call with Trump
The Kennedy Center board voted to close the center Tuesday after a tense meeting in which President Donald Trump called in to berate a Democratic congresswoman who serves on the panel, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
“It was f**king crazy,” said one source familiar with the exchange between Trump and Rep. Joyce Beatty, whose lawsuit has prevented Trump’s name from being added to the building.
Another source said Trump screamed, blaming Beatty for getting the courts involved and leading to the downfall of the performing arts center. Beatty told Trump he had put the Kennedy Center into deep debt.
The board’s vote and Trump’s call came moments after a federal judge stopped the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees’ latest plan to add Trump’s name to the memorial for President John F. Kennedy.
US District Judge Casey Cooper said a proposal to add an inscription thanking the president for renovating and restoring the institution’s edifice, along with a move to rename the center’s campus after him – “bucks a federal court order and a statute Congress enacted.”
“Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing,” Cooper wrote.
Before fully shutting down the Center, however, the board will need to secure a ruling reversing Cooper’s previous court order requiring the that institution stay open while Beatty’s lawsuit proceeds. The Justice Department is expected to file that request by Friday.
Trump says renovation won’t reopen without his name attached
After the board voted, Trump implied that if his name isn’t eventually on the building, the renovations won’t happen.
“The closing will take place immediately, however, the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board’s approved name,” the president said on Truth Social.
Trump added that if the court ruling on the name “is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place.” Trump said Justice Department attorneys will request an expedited appeal.
He also said $17 million he raised has been deposited into the Kennedy Center’s account “to keep it afloat” in the meantime.
Trump ire directed at judge as well
An August 13 proposal adopted by the board would have affixed the text “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” to the center’s facade. After initially planning to add the inscription this month, the board’s lawyers told Cooper it would wait until October 8 so he could rule on the legality of such a move.
The legal wrangling is the latest development in a lawsuit brought by Beatty, an ex-officio member of the board. In remarks outside of court before Cooper’s ruling, Beatty said she would oppose any new attempts by the board to put his name on the building.
During the phone call with the Kennedy Center board, the president also took aim at Cooper, an appointee of Barack Obama, sources said.
Trump also blasted the judge on social media.
“A very hostile and conflicted Judge (What else is new?) seems like he won’t let that happen, in which case, unfortunately, the Building is destined to doom,” the president said on Truth Social.
Cooper held off on ruling on one part of the August 13 resolution – a proposal adding an additional inscription honoring “The Trump Kennedy Center Fund” once $100 million was raised by the endowment.
Since the fund has not raised any money yet, ruling on that proposal was “premature,” Cooper said. Instead, he is ordering notification if that fundraising threshold is met, with at least 60 days notice before the text can be added.
CNN’s Alejandra Jaramillo contributed to this report.
This story has been updated with additional developments.
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