Donald Trump has lashed out at a judge who ruled that arts institute The Kennedy Centre could not be renamed after him.
The US president lashed out on Truth Social after Judge Christopher Cooper ordered his name to be taken off the venue.
Cooper said the Kennedy Centre cannot be renamed without congressional authorisation.
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"May the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts be renamed absent Congressional authorisation?" the judge wrote.
"The answer, plain from the face of the statute, is no."
Cooper also blocked the Trump administration from closing the venue for renovations.
In December the board of trustees appointed by the president voted to rename it The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Centre for the Performing Arts.
Trump had fired the previous board and appointed himself chairman.
Trump then closed the centre after an exodus of musicians who were scheduled to perform there.
The Centre has been given 14 days to take Trump's name off all signage.
In a 582-word post on Truth Social this morning, Trump raged at the judge.
"Judge Cooper should be ashamed of himself!" he wrote.
Trump then announced he was not going to be involved in renovations of the building, even though he described it as "structurally dangerous".
"I cannot be involved with a situation where danger to the Public is allowed to flourish in plain and open sight.
"Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey into 'NEVER NEVER LAND.'"
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Trump said he had directed his staff to transfer control of the Kennedy Centre to Congress.
Democrats have celebrated the judge's decision.
"Trump tried to slap his name on the Kennedy Centre like it was one of his tacky hotels," Congresswoman Chellie Pingree said.
"The Kennedy Centre belongs to the American people. Now and always."
Meanwhile, it has been reported that the Trump Administration set aside close to $A7 million to have four prominent statues in Washington DC coated in gold.
The four bronze horses surrounding the Lincoln Memorial will receive a thick 23.75-karat gold leaf coating after a non-bid contract was awarded.
"This comes from the same administration that said we don't have enough money for cancer research or to feed hungry kids," Democratic Representative Dwight Evans said.
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