The Kennedy Center is removing Trump's name from its signage by June 12 after a federal judge ruled the center cannot be renamed without an act of Congress. Staffers have been ordered to strip references from email signatures, letterhead, website pages, and outdoor/indoor signage — reverting to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. MacFarlane's framing of 'chiseling' adds dramatic color to what is actually a bureaucratic compliance effort, but the core fact of the removal is solidly confirmed across multiple outlets.