Why Trump’s Takeover of the Kennedy Center Will Reverberate in Hollywood and Beyond
Trump is now the Kennedy Center's board chairman, giving him control over a beloved arts institution that regularly interacts with Hollywood
New Kennedy Center board makes Trump chairman, prompting Shonda Rhimes and others to resign
A new board of Trump allies makes him chairman of the Kennedy Center and fires the arts organization's longtime leader, Deborah Rutter.
New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center
"It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!" Trump said.
What is the Kennedy Center, and can Trump make himself chairman?
Every December, the Kennedy Center Honors are awarded for lifetime contributions to American culture. Past recipients include Ella Fitzgerald, Tennessee Williams, Leonard Bernstein, Frank Sinatra ...
Trump’s Conquest of the Kennedy Center Is Accelerating
In 2017, he became the only president to ever skip the Kennedy Center Honors since the event began, in 1978, following threats by some of the 2017 honorees to boycott an accompanying White House ...
Trump names a new head of the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in DC: himself
Trump said the cultural center's leaders did not share his values and criticized decisions to feature what he called "Drag Shows."
Trump takes culture war to the Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump has fired several members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and make himself the center's chairman.
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Trump to name himself new Kennedy Center board chair
The annual Kennedy Center Honors took place in December, and Rubenstein saluted Biden, who was in the audience, for being “gracious hosts” and attending the show for four years. During Trump ...
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Trump to make himself chair of the Kennedy Center, says he’ll dismiss board members
In 2017, he and First Lady Melania Trump skipped the Kennedy Center Honors after being criticized by honorees, marking only the fourth time in the organization’s history that a president was not ...
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Trump says he’ll be new Kennedy Center chair after dismissing trustees
He broke tradition in his first term by not attending The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, after some of the honorees said they would boycott the reception hosted at the White House. In his ...