JFK’s Niece On Trump: “It’s Obsessive In a Weird Way”
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🗓️ 19 December 2025
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
It’s official as of today, “The Kennedy Center” is no longer. Instead, the iconic memorial dedicated to President John F. Kennedy already bears its new name one day after the board voted to change the name to the Trump-Kennedy Center. JFK’s niece, Maria Shriver made a powerful statement condemning the move, calling it unacceptable and obsessive.
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| 0:36.2 | Hey there, folks. It is Friday, December 19th, 2025. |
| 0:41.0 | It is the Kennedy Center. |
| 0:43.3 | No more. |
| 0:44.6 | Next time, you're in D.C. |
| 0:46.6 | Take a swing by the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for |
| 0:53.7 | the Performing Arts. And with that, welcome to |
| 0:56.3 | this episode of Amy and TJ. Just tell me how you felt seeing construction workers putting Donald |
| 1:04.4 | J. Trump's name in front of JFKs on this memorial center. I have to tell you, I felt sick to my stomach. And then I saw |
| 1:14.4 | the finished product and it just made me feel really uneasy. It feels wrong. It feels |
| 1:22.0 | disgusting. It feels indulgent. I don't like it. And it also might be illegal. We'll explain that |
| 1:30.4 | in a second. But folks, this has been a story. A lot of you've been following. And look, President |
| 1:34.8 | Trump hasn't been shy about trying to nod, nod, wink, wink like he's joking that he wants his |
| 1:39.4 | name on it. But yes, yesterday, the board that he put in place of the Kennedy Center, the board of which he is the chairman, voted unanimously. This was yesterday. I actually was trying to check myself. This just happened. They voted yesterday to change the name of the center, yes? And now one day later on Friday, his name is up on the Kennedy Center. And I'm not great. You can't just |
| 2:02.7 | do this. Oh, I just called it the wrong name. My apologies. No, you got it right. Um, there's no way |
| 2:07.2 | they could have done this. This was planned way ahead. Clearly, he had the letters, the metal letters, |
| 2:13.6 | all ready to go. You would have had to have ordered that. I mean, I know how long it |
| 2:18.0 | takes to get anything custom. I know he's the president of the United States, but he was |
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