Brian Tyler Cohen calls Ford's Theatre renaming insulting
Brian Tyler CohenPolitical commentator and host of Another Day
Brian Tyler Cohen called the reported effort to put Trump's name on Ford's Theatre insulting and misguided.
“this renaming of one of America's most storied landmarks is incredibly insulting and misguided”
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Did Trump Aides Discuss Putting His Name on Ford's Theatre?
On September 23, 2026, MS NOW reported that Trump administration officials had discussed affixing Donald Trump's name to Ford's Theatre in some unspecified way. The report relied on unnamed sources, including one current administration official who said the idea had been discussed. White House communications director Steven Cheung said the change was never discussed. Trump called the report a lie, and White House and Interior Department spokespeople also denied it. No public document or named source has confirmed the reported discussion.
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Brian Tyler Cohen criticized the reported naming discussion and described adding Trump's name to Ford's Theatre as insulting and misguided.
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Cohen described the report that Ford's Theatre had come up in administration discussions about adding Trump's name.
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He continued by mocking possible Trump names for other Washington landmarks and criticizing the administration's priorities.
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Relative to the reported discussion of attaching Trump's name to Ford's Theatre, Cohen called the proposed renaming insulting and misguided.
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