Former ‘South Park’ writer owns Trump Kennedy Center domain names

President Trump’s handpicked board of the Kennedy Center has sparked controversy by slapping the 47th president’s name on the living memorial dedicated to the nation’s 35th president, John F. Kennedy. This move has alienated artists and angered members of the Kennedy family.

However, a comedy writer whose credits include “South Park” and “Mad TV” may have the last laugh. Toby Morton revealed that he anticipated Trump’s intentions as early as August and proactively purchased the domain names “trumpkennedycenter.org” and “trumpkennedycenter.com” in preparation.

Morton said he was tipped off when Trump “began gutting the Kennedy Center board earlier this year” and by the president’s hints that he might try to make the Kennedy Center a monument to himself. “I thought, yep, that name’s going on the building,” Morton told The Washington Post.

Describing himself on Instagram as a “Creator of Anti-Fascist Websites,” Morton has previously purchased domain names related to political figures such as Representatives Nancy Mace and Marjorie Taylor Greene, creating parody accounts. When asked if he plans to use the Trump Kennedy Center websites similarly, he said they’ll “absolutely reflect the absurdity of the moment.”

“The Kennedy Center has always been a cultural institution meant to outlast any one administration or personality,” Morton explained to The Post. “It’s meant to honor culture, not ego. Once it was treated like personal branding, satire became unavoidable.”

Currently, the Kennedy Center still operates under the domain name kennedy-center.org, although the top of its homepage now refers to the building as the Trump Kennedy Center.

However, Trump faces legal challenges in officially renaming the building. It was formally designated the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by an Act of Congress in 1964 following JFK’s assassination.

Trump’s hands-on approach to the Kennedy Center has had tangible consequences. On Wednesday, jazz drummer Chuck Redd canceled the Christmas Eve show he has played there for nearly 20 years, protesting the addition of Trump’s name to the building’s facade.

In response, on Friday, Trump-appointed Kennedy Center President Richard Grenell sent Redd an angry letter, threatening to sue him for $1 million over his “abrupt cancellation.”

Earlier this month, after Trump took it upon himself to host the annual Kennedy Center Honors, preliminary ratings for the event’s Tuesday broadcast on CBS reportedly showed the ceremony attracted “its smallest ever audience.”

This series of events highlights the deep divisions and controversies sparked by the Trump administration’s involvement with the Kennedy Center, raising questions about the intersection of politics, culture, and legacy.
https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/12/26/south-park-writer-bought-trump-kennedy-center-domain-names/

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