Bipartisan members of Congress move to block demolition of Kennedy Center ↧ ↧ Bipartisan members of Congress move to block demolition of Kennedy ... When President Donald Trump took a wrecking ball to the East Wing of the White House, it took Washington by ​surprise. Now, there is a move in the US Congress to avoid a second such surprise with legislation to prohibit him from demolishing ‌the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.