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Outside the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a giant tarpaulin remained in place to conceal Donald Trump's humiliation.

Guests entering the national arts complex on Sunday night could not see the section of its marble facade where Trump's name was recently erased to comply with a court order.