The cultural center has become the most current institution to discover itself in the president's crosshairs.

Trump specified that he would be taking control of shows at the center particularly to put an end to occasions featuring entertainers in drag.

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

'I have decided to immediately end several individuals 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 announce a brand-new Board, with a fantastic Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'

The president would be changing the present chairman, philanthropist David Rubenstein.

Donald Trump has 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 declaration late Friday on its website, the Kennedy Center said it understood Trump's post. 'We have actually gotten no main interactions from the White House regarding modifications to our board of trustees,' the statement said.

'We are aware that some members of our board have actually gotten termination notices from the administration.'

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

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

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

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 rerouted to a 'waiting space' that listed how numerous numerous were trying to access the website ahead of them.

Trump suggested in his post that he would be carrying out some modifications to the center's performance schedule, larsaluarna.se 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 publishing 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 terminating besides Rubenstein.

He followed up his announcement by publishing an AI produced picture of him as head of the Kennedy Center.

The board typically includes political powerbrokers and major donors, and is presently made up 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 designated to the Kennedy Center board by President George W. Bush and consequently reappointed by President Barack Obama and Biden.

The current board features Biden's White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, as well as Mike Donilon, Biden's longtime ally, and Stephanie Cutter, 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 deserted his reelection quote last summer.

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

But the existing board also features Trump allies, consisting of Pam Bondi, the new president's recently confirmed attorney general of the United States, and Lee Greenwood, whose tune 'God Bless the USA,' was the unofficial anthem of Trump's governmental campaign.

During his first term in 2019, Trump announced that he was tapping actor Jon Voight, a long time fan, to the board, in addition to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has selected as US ambassador to Israel this time.

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

It was established 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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