Joke's on them! Months before the Kennedy Center was officially renamed for Trump, a political satire writer quietly snapped up internet domain names tied to the controversial rebrand, effectively beating the administration to the digital punch. Source: Taylor Hill / Getty As previously reported, the Kennedy Center's board of trustees voted on Dec. 18 to rename the institution the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, a move that quickly drew national attention.