Yet for several hours, the scaffolding sat there with no action. The center's Trump-appointed leadership waited until after an end-of-day deadline for workers to remove Trump's name. The work to take down the letters finally got underway at 3:10 a.m., lasting about 30 minutes. A tarp was placed on parts of the scaffolding, seemingly to block views of Trump's name disappearing from the venue. Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. Ahead of the drawn-out removal, the scene outside the Kennedy Center turned into a spectacle. Hundreds of onlookers cheered and sang God Bless America as workers in hard hats with bungee lanyards clipped to their fluorescent