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Trump Fires Kennedy Center Board and Names himself Chairman


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

Trump specified that he would be taking control of programs 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 chosen to instantly terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, consisting of the Chairman, library.kemu.ac.ke who do not share our Vision for a Golden Era in Arts and Culture.

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

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

Donald Trump has actually announced 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, online-learning-initiative.org the Kennedy Center said it was conscious of Trump's post. 'We have gotten no main interactions from the White House concerning changes to our board of trustees,' the statement said.

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

The Center validated 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 forbidding Trump from replacing board members however it would mark the first time, 'such action has been taken with the Kennedy Center's board.'

Unlike former Joe Biden and other former presidents, Trump did not attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors events during his first term, held at the performing arts venue in Washington's Foggy Bottom area.

Shortly after Trump's post, utahsyardsale.com the Kennedy Center site started experiencing technical difficulties.

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

Trump recommended in his post that he would be carrying out some modifications to the center's performance schedule, noting that last year 'the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth - 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 posting an AI generated 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 generated image of him as head of the Kennedy Center.

The board typically features political powerbrokers and wiki.vst.hs-furtwangen.de major donors, and is currently comprised of members from both sides of the aisle.

Rubenstein was very first elected to the post in 2010 and reelected each year since 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 existing board functions Biden's White secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, in addition to Mike Donilon, Biden's longtime ally, and Stephanie Cutter, a former Obama adviser.

The treasurer of the center's board of trustees is tv manufacturer Shonda Rhimes, who hosted fundraisers for Biden before he deserted his reelection quote last summer.

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

But the current board also features Trump allies, including Pam Bondi, the brand-new president's just recently verified chief law officer, and Lee Greenwood, whose tune 'God Bless the USA,' was the informal anthem of Trump's presidential campaign.

During his first term in 2019, Trump revealed that he was tapping actor Jon Voight, a longtime supporter, raovatonline.org to the board, bytes-the-dust.com along with previous Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has actually chosen as US ambassador to Israel this time.

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

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

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