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Opened Feb 10, 2025 by Thurman Bligh@thurmanbligh58
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Trump Fires Kennedy Center Board and Names himself Chairman


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

Trump specified that he would be taking control of programs 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., library.kemu.ac.ke GREAT AGAIN,' Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

'I have decided to instantly end 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 announce a new Board, with a fantastic Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'

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

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

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

The Center validated 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 former Joe Biden and elearnportal.science other previous presidents, Trump did not go to the annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremonies during his very first term, held at the performing arts place in Washington's Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

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

Visitors got a message reading 'We are experiencing high traffic' and were redirected to a 'waiting space' that noted the number of numerous individuals were trying to access the site ahead of them.

Trump recommended in his post that he would be executing some modifications to the center's performance schedule, keeping in mind that in 2015 'the Kennedy Center included Drag Shows particularly targeting our youth - THIS WILL STOP.'

According to its site, 35.237.164.2 the center in July hosted a preshow titled 'A Drag Salute to Divas' and a November 'Drag Brunch.'

Trump followed up his announcement by posting 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 ending besides Rubenstein.

He followed up his announcement by posting an AI generated image of him as head of the Kennedy Center.

The board typically includes 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 originally selected to the Kennedy Center board by President George W. Bush and wavedream.wiki consequently reappointed by President Barack Obama and Biden.

The present board functions Biden's White secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, yewiki.org along with Mike Donilon, Biden's longtime ally, and Stephanie Cutter, a previous Obama consultant.

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 summertime.

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

But the existing board likewise includes Trump allies, including Pam Bondi, the new president's just recently confirmed chief law officer, classifieds.ocala-news.com and Lee Greenwood, whose song 'God Bless the USA,' was the unofficial anthem of Trump's governmental campaign.

During his first term in 2019, Trump revealed that he was tapping actor Jon Voight, a longtime advocate, to the board, together with previous Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has chosen as US ambassador to Israel this time.

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

It was established 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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