Domestically, two separate naming controversies swirled around the Trump administration. Der Spiegel reported that Republican lawmakers are moving forward with Trump’s demand to officially rename the Pentagon the “War Ministry” (Kriegsministerium), even as the president simultaneously pursues a Nobel Peace Prize.
Meanwhile, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted to appeal a federal court order requiring the removal of Trump’s name from the building. Judge Christopher R. Cooper had ruled that only Congress held the power to alter the name of the John F. Kennedy Center, which was dedicated to the slain president by law in 1964.
