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The Kennedy Center's Trump-appointed board voted to temporarily close the Washington, D.C. arts institution after a federal judge blocked Trump's push to rename the building after himself. President Trump responded by threatening to tear the center down entirely, escalating a legal and political battle that has included allegations a forklift repeatedly struck the building amid the dispute. Barbra Streisand publicly blasted what she called a "humiliated Trump" over the closure, framing it as retaliation for losing the naming fight. The saga has drawn wide attention from the arts community as concerns mount over the center's financial and structural future while litigation continues.