Legendary singer and actress Barbra Streisand revealed the deepening symptoms of her Trump Derangement Syndrome by recently declaring that President Donald Trump’s “unchecked ego” is leading to the complete and utter destruction of the Kennedy Center as its fate hangs in the balance due to proposed renovations.
Streisand took to the internet where she crafted a long-winded blog post on her official website, sharing her thoughts about the president and the Kennedy Center, which was almost renamed after the current commander-in-chief. The Funny Girl actress went on to recall that the Kennedy Center was initially named after President John F. Kennedy following his assassination on November 22, 1963.
Due to the fact, the singer, known by the nickname “Babs,” said that she found Trump’s actions “galling” and “painful.” Streisand wrote, “When Donald Trump attempted to put his name alongside the late President Kennedy’s on the building’s entrance, the move was met with widespread opposition from artists and much of the public.”
“A federal judge subsequently ruled that the Kennedy Center’s name could not be changed without an act of Congress, and Trump’s name was removed from the building’s façade. Yet the fight continued. After his name was removed, a humiliated Trump ordered a large tarp placed over the façade, where it remains today,” Streisand continued, according to Breitbart.
“The Trump-aligned board then relentlessly lobbied again to add his name, prompting another federal ruling that blocked their effort,” she added. The board running the Kennedy Center voted recently to close it down, alleging that its current physical condition and finances were making it extremely difficult to run it day-by-day. The following day, President Trump announced that the center might end up demolished.
“For the Trump administration, for me, to get involved, and to take on long term, and to carry it, or to raise money to carry it, I think that the Trump administration should certainly have recognition,” the president said to reporters. “Because frankly, if we don’t do that, it’s going to close, it will end up being ripped down.” Trump’s name being put on the Kennedy Center has turned into a lengthy legal battle that started in 2025.
Streisand later alleged that the proposed renovations were really just part of a ploy by the president to get his name on the building, going on to add that it has fallen prey to “a bigger struggle over one man’s name and unchecked ego.” She also said, “You can easily imagine my indignation at seeing this revered institution become the subject of such a bitter struggle over one man’s name and unchecked ego.”
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“It is difficult not to think about what President Kennedy himself would have envisioned for the Center: not a monument frozen in time, but a living place where artists could challenge, inspire, provoke, and bring Americans together through the transformative power of the arts,” she went on to add. The A Star Is Born actress ended her piece with a call for Americans to vote in the midterm elections this November.