1 Trump Fires Kennedy Center Board and Names himself Chairman
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The cultural center has actually ended up being the most recent institution to find itself in the president's crosshairs.

Trump specified that he would be taking over programming at the center specifically to put an end to occasions including entertainers in drag.

'At my instructions, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN,' Trump composed on his Truth Social platform.

'I have actually chosen to instantly end several 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 soon reveal a brand-new Board, with a fantastic 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 replacing the present chairman, philanthropist David Rubenstein

In a statement late Friday on its site, the Kennedy Center said it knew Trump's post. 'We have actually received no main communications from the White House relating to changes to our board of trustees,' the statement said.

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

The Center confirmed that the Chair of trustees has been appointed by its board members per governance established in 1958.

It noted that there is absolutely nothing prohibiting Trump from changing board members but it would mark the very first time, 'such action has been taken with the Kennedy Center's board.'

Unlike former Joe Biden and other previous presidents, Trump did not attend the yearly Kennedy Center Honors ceremonies throughout his first term, held at the performing arts location in Washington's Foggy Bottom area.

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

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

Trump suggested in his post that he would be executing some modifications to the center's efficiency schedule, noting that in 2015 'the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth - THIS WILL STOP.'

According to its site, 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 statement by posting an AI created image of him as head of the Kennedy Center.

The board often features political powerbrokers and major engel-und-waisen.de donors, it-viking.ch and is presently comprised of members from both sides of the aisle.

Rubenstein was very first elected 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, pl.velo.wiki as well as Mike Donilon, Biden's longtime ally, and Stephanie Cutter, a previous Obama adviser.

The treasurer of the center's board of trustees is tv producer 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 efficiencies every year

But the current board also features Trump allies, including Pam Bondi, the new president's recently confirmed attorney general of the United States, and Lee Greenwood, kenpoguy.com whose song 'God Bless the USA,' was the informal anthem of Trump's presidential campaign.

During his first term in 2019, Trump announced that he was tapping actor Jon Voight, a longtime supporter, to the board, in addition to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has actually picked 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 relabelled in honor of President Kennedy following his assassination.

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