The cultural center has actually ended up being the most recent organization to discover itself in the president's crosshairs.

Trump mentioned that he would be taking control of programs 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 wrote on his Truth Social platform.

'I have actually chosen to right away end numerous 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, with a remarkable Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'

The president would be replacing the existing chairman, benefactor David Rubenstein.

Donald Trump has actually announced strategies to fire 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 declaration late Friday on its website, the Kennedy Center said it knew Trump's post. 'We have actually received no main interactions from the White House relating to modifications to our board of trustees,' the statement said.

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

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

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

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

Shortly after Trump's post, the Kennedy Center website started experiencing technical problems.

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

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

According to its site, 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 produced 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 posting an AI created picture of him as head of the Kennedy Center.

The board often features political powerbrokers and major donors, and is presently made up 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 initially designated 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, iuridictum.pecina.cz a former Obama consultant.

The treasurer of the center's board of trustees is tv producer Shonda Rhimes, who hosted fundraisers for Biden before he abandoned his reelection quote last summertime.

The Kennedy Center is a performing arts place which hosts around 2,000 efficiencies every year

But the present board likewise includes Trump allies, consisting of Pam Bondi, the brand-new president's just recently verified lawyer general, 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 long time fan, to the board, in addition to previous Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has actually 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 developed as a national cultural center by President Eisenhower in 1958 before being relabelled in honor of President Kennedy following his assassination.

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