President Donald Trump's name has been added to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts despite a federal law prohibiting changes to the building's name.
On Thursday, the White House claimed that the Center's board had voted "unanimously" to add Trump's name.
"The Kennedy Center Board of Trustees voted unanimously today to name the institution The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts," spokesperson Roma Daravi said in a statement.
By Thursday afternoon, Trump's name had been added to the Kennedy Center website. On Friday, photos of his name being installed on the building's exterior circulated on social media.
The move, however, likely violates federal law.
"After December 2, 1983, no additional memorials or plaques in the nature of memorials shall be designated or installed in the public areas of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts," the U.S. code states.
