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Opened Feb 11, 2025 by Adela Baine@adelabaine0415
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Trump Fires Kennedy Center Board and Names himself Chairman


The cultural center has become the most recent organization to find itself in the president's crosshairs.

Trump specified that he would be taking over shows at the center particularly to put an end to occasions including entertainers in drag.

'At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN,' Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

'I have actually decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, consisting of the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.

'We will soon reveal a brand-new Board, archmageriseswiki.com with a fantastic Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'

The president would be changing the current chairman, philanthropist David Rubenstein.

Donald Trump has announced plans to fire trustees from the Kennedy Center including its chairman and put himself in charge.

The president would be changing the present chairman, philanthropist David Rubenstein

In a declaration late Friday on its site, the Kennedy Center said it knew Trump's post. 'We have gotten no main interactions from the White House relating to changes to our board of trustees,' the statement said.

'We know that some members of our board have actually received termination notices from the administration.'

The Center confirmed that the Chair of trustees has actually been appointed by its board members per governance established in 1958.

It noted that there is absolutely nothing prohibiting Trump from replacing board members but it would mark the very first time, 'such action has actually been taken with the Kennedy Center's board.'

Unlike previous Joe Biden and other previous presidents, Trump did not go to the yearly Kennedy Center Honors events during his very first term, held at the carrying out arts location in Washington's Foggy Bottom community.

Shortly after Trump's post, the Kennedy Center website started experiencing technical problems.

Visitors got a message reading 'We are experiencing high traffic' and were rerouted to a 'waiting room' that noted the number of numerous individuals were attempting to access the website ahead of them.

Trump recommended in his post that he would be implementing some modifications to the center's efficiency schedule, noting that in 2015 'the Kennedy Center included Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth - THIS WILL STOP.'

According to its site, the center in July hosted a preshow entitled 'A Drag Salute to Divas' and a November 'Drag Brunch.'

Trump followed up his statement by publishing an AI generated picture of him as head of the Kennedy Center

In his post, Trump did not clarify which board of trustee members he would be terminating besides Rubenstein.

He followed up his statement by posting an AI produced picture of him as head of the Kennedy Center.

The board typically includes political powerbrokers and significant donors, and is made up of members from both sides of the aisle.

Rubenstein was first elected to the post in 2010 and reelected each year because that time.

Rubenstein, the principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles, was originally appointed to the Kennedy Center board by President George W. Bush and subsequently reappointed by President Barack Obama and Biden.

The present board features Biden's White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, in addition to Mike Donilon, Biden's long time ally, and Stephanie Cutter, a former Obama advisor.

The treasurer of the center's board of trustees is television manufacturer Shonda Rhimes, who hosted fundraisers for Biden before he abandoned his reelection bid last summer season.

The Kennedy Center is a carrying out arts place which hosts around 2,000 performances every year

But the present board likewise includes Trump allies, including Pam Bondi, the new president's recently validated chief law officer, and Lee Greenwood, whose song 'God Bless the USA,' was the informal anthem of Trump's presidential campaign.

During his very first term in 2019, Trump announced that he was tapping star Jon Voight, a long time advocate, orcz.com to the board, in addition to previous Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has selected as US ambassador to Israel this time.

The Kennedy Center is a performing arts place which hosts around 2,000 performances every year.

It was developed as a nationwide cultural center by President Eisenhower in 1958 before being renamed in honor of President Kennedy following his assassination.

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Reference: adelabaine0415/sheiksandwiches#60