The Trump administration remains the undisputed world champion and a first-ballot hall-of-famer in the category of picking stupid fights with little or no political upside.

Last week, the White House announced a new effort to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook — likely to be on thin ice with the Supreme Court. Earlier this week, the White House asked the U.S. Justice Department to consider a new prosecution of a man accused of vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. Now the Trump administration has launched yet another effort that is just about certain to end up before an irate federal judge.

The board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Thursday to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building beneath the main signage, according to two people with direct knowledge of the proceedings, aggressively testing a federal judge’s order. According to the resolution approved by the Trump-allied board, the inscription underneath the institution’s name would read: “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J.........

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