Chuck Redd pulls Christmas Eve present after Trump-Kennedy Middle rename

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A Christmas Eve jazz live performance on the Kennedy Middle was canceled simply days after the White Home introduced that President Donald Trump ’s title could be added to the enduring performing arts establishment in Washington, D.C.

The present’s host, musician Chuck Redd, who has led the vacation "Jazz Jams" on the Kennedy Middle since 2006, stated he referred to as off his efficiency after Trump's title was added to the power.

"After I noticed the title change on the Kennedy Middle web site after which hours in a while the constructing, I selected to cancel our concert ," Redd instructed the Related Press.

Fox Information Digital has reached out to the Kennedy Middle for remark. The Kennedy Middle’s web site lists the present as canceled.

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The Kennedy Middle’s board voted unanimously on Dec. 18 to rename the establishment the "Trump-Kennedy Middle," prompting swift backlash from members of the Kennedy household who stated the choice undermined the legacy of President John F. Kennedy.

Maria Shriver, Kennedy’s niece, criticized the decision , calling it "past comprehension."

Final week, staff added Trump's name to the surface of the middle, and the web site's header was modified to "The Trump Kennedy Middle."

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Demonstrators maintain up indicators at a chosen protest level in entrance of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Middle for the Performing Arts, a day after a Trump-appointed board voted so as to add President Donald Trump's title to the Kennedy Middle, Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Picture)

One other Kennedy niece, Kerry Kennedy, vowed to take away Trump’s title from the constructing after he leaves workplace.

President Lyndon Johnson signed a invoice in 1964 that designated the middle as a residing memorial to Kennedy following his assassination in 1963. The legislation prohibits the board of trustees from making the middle right into a memorial to anybody else or from placing one other individual’s title on the constructing’s exterior, the AP reported.

Trump was elected chairman of the Kennedy Middle board in February, after eradicating 18 trustees appointed by former President Joe Biden .

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New signage, The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Middle For The Performing Arts, is unveiled on the Kennedy Middle, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in Washington. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Picture)

Since Trump returned to workplace on Jan. 20, a number of artists have canceled performances on the Kennedy Middle, together with Lin-Manuel Miranda, who referred to as off a manufacturing of "Hamilton."