Trump Fires Kennedy Center Board and Names himself Chairman
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The cultural center has become the current organization to discover itself in the president’s crosshairs.

Trump specified that he would be taking over shows at the center particularly to put an end to events 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 decided to right away end several people from the Board of Trustees, consisting of the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Era in Arts and Culture.

‘We will soon reveal a new Board, king-wifi.win with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!’

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

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

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

In a statement late Friday on its site, the Kennedy Center said it was conscious of Trump’s post. ‘We have actually received 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 confirmed that the Chair of trustees has been designated by its board members per governance established in 1958.

It noted that there is nothing forbidding Trump from changing board members however 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 ceremonies during his first term, held at the performing arts location in Washington’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

Shortly after Trump’s post, the Kennedy Center site started experiencing technical problems.

Visitors got a message reading ‘We are experiencing high traffic’ and were redirected to a ‘waiting space’ that listed the number of numerous individuals were trying to access the website ahead of them.

Trump recommended in his post that he would be carrying out some changes to the center’s efficiency schedule, keeping in mind that in 2015 ‘the Kennedy Center included Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth - THIS WILL STOP.’

According to its website, the center in July hosted a preshow titled ‘A Drag Salute to Divas’ and a November ‘Drag Brunch.’

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

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

Rubenstein was very first chosen to the post in 2010 and reelected each year because 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 Biden.

The present board functions Biden’s White House press 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 television manufacturer Shonda Rhimes, who hosted fundraisers for Biden before he deserted his reelection quote last summer.

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

But the current board also includes Trump allies, consisting of Pam Bondi, the new president’s recently validated attorney general of the United States, 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 actor Jon Voight, a longtime advocate, 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 venue which hosts around 2,000 efficiencies every year.

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

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