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Opened Feb 10, 2025 by Melodee Waldrup@melodeewaldrup
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Trump Fires Kennedy Center Board and Names himself Chairman


The cultural center has actually ended up being the current organization to find itself in the president's crosshairs.

Trump specified that he would be taking control of shows at the center specifically to put an end to occasions featuring 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 chosen to instantly terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Era in Arts and Culture.

'We will soon reveal a new Board, with a remarkable Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'

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

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

The president would be changing the current chairman, benefactor David Rubenstein

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

'We understand that some members of our board have received termination notifications from the administration.'

The Center validated that the Chair of trustees has actually been designated by its board members per governance developed in 1958.

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

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

Shortly after Trump's post, the Kennedy Center website began experiencing technical difficulties.

Visitors got a message reading 'We are experiencing high traffic' and were rerouted to a 'waiting space' that listed how many numerous individuals were attempting to access the website ahead of them.

Trump suggested in his post that he would be executing some modifications to the center's efficiency schedule, noting that last year 'the Kennedy Center included Drag Shows specifically targeting our THIS WILL STOP.'

According to its website, 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 created image 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 announcement by posting an AI created picture of him as head of the Kennedy Center.

The board frequently features political powerbrokers and major donors, and is presently comprised of members from both sides of the aisle.

Rubenstein was first chosen to the post in 2010 and reelected each year since that time.

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

The existing board functions Biden's White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, in addition to Mike Donilon, Biden's longtime ally, accc.rcec.sinica.edu.tw and Stephanie Cutter, a former Obama consultant.

The treasurer of the center's board of trustees is tv producer Shonda Rhimes, bphomesteading.com who hosted fundraisers for bytes-the-dust.com Biden before he deserted his reelection bid last summertime.

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

But the existing board also features Trump allies, including Pam Bondi, the brand-new president's just recently confirmed lawyer general, accc.rcec.sinica.edu.tw and Lee Greenwood, whose tune 'God Bless the USA,' was the unofficial anthem of Trump's presidential campaign.

During his very first term in 2019, Trump announced that he was tapping star Jon Voight, a longtime advocate, to the board, together with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has actually picked as US ambassador to Israel this time.

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

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

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Reference: melodeewaldrup/bbhomepage#1