The cultural center has ended up being the most recent organization to find itself in the president's crosshairs.
Trump mentioned that he would be taking over programming 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 composed on his Truth Social platform.
'I have decided to immediately end numerous individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.
'We will quickly reveal a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'
The president would be replacing the present chairman, benefactor David Rubenstein.
Donald Trump has revealed strategies to fire trustees from the Kennedy Center including its chairman and put himself in charge.
The president would be replacing the current chairman, benefactor David Rubenstein
In a statement late Friday on its website, the Kennedy Center said it understood Trump's post. 'We have gotten no main communications from the White House regarding changes to our board of trustees,' the declaration 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 been appointed by its board members per governance established in 1958.
It noted that there is nothing prohibiting Trump from changing board members however it would mark the 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 annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremonies during his first term, held at the carrying out arts place in Washington's Foggy Bottom area.
Shortly after Trump's post, the Kennedy Center site began experiencing technical troubles.
Visitors got a message reading 'We are experiencing high traffic' and were rerouted to a 'waiting room' that listed how many hundreds of people were trying to access the site ahead of them.
Trump suggested in his post that he would be 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 website, the center in July hosted a preshow titled 'A Drag Salute to Divas' and a November 'Drag Brunch.'
Trump followed up his statement by posting an AI created picture of him as head of the Kennedy Center
In his post, Trump did not clarify which board of trustee members he would be ending besides Rubenstein.
He followed up his announcement by publishing an AI created image of him as head of the Kennedy Center.
The board frequently features political powerbrokers and significant donors, and is currently made up 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 initially designated 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 previous 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 quote 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 recently verified attorney general of the United States, and Lee Greenwood, lovewiki.faith whose song 'God Bless the USA,' was the informal anthem of Trump's governmental campaign.
During his very first term in 2019, Trump revealed that he was tapping actor Jon Voight, a longtime supporter, to the board, along with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has chosen as US ambassador to Israel this time.
The Kennedy Center is a carrying out arts place which hosts around 2,000 performances every year.
It was established 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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Trump Fires Kennedy Center Board and Names himself Chairman
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