President Trump called on a federal judge to be “ashamed of himself” after the court blocked his administration's effort to attach Trump's name to the Kennedy Center and ruled that newly installed board members voted improperly to close the Washington venue for renovations.
Trump issued the statement Thursday following the ruling, which dealt a direct setback to two of the administration's most visible moves at the storied arts venue.
The judge found that the Trump-appointed board acted outside proper procedures when it voted to shutter the Kennedy Center, one of the country's most prominent federally chartered cultural institutions.
The White House did not immediately outline next steps in court, but Trump's public statement signals the administration intends to fight the decision.
The Kennedy Center dispute is the latest in a string of federal court rulings that have constrained executive action across multiple policy fronts since January.
Legal observers told the Wail an appeal to the D.C. Circuit is the administration's most direct route to reversing the ruling. No filing date has been announced.