India, Dec. 19 -- The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will be renamed the Trump-Kennedy Center following a decision by its board, which was reshaped earlier this year by President Donald Trump with a slate of political allies, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Thursday.

"I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously to rename the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, because of the unbelievable work President Trump has done over the last year in saving the building," Leavitt said in a post on X, platform formerly known as Twitter.

However, soon after the announcement, que...