6 Memorable Moments From the ‘Trump Kennedy Center’ Honors NYT | Top Stories By: Julia Jacobs 9 December 2025 at 00:19 President Trump expressed his love of “Phantom of the Opera,” got in more digs at Jimmy Kimmel and joked — perhaps — about adding his name to the arts center he has taken over. © Valerie Plesch for The New York TimesBefore the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony on Sunday, President Trump had taken an unusually direct role in choosing the honorees.