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

Trump specified that he would be taking over programming at the center particularly to put an end to events featuring 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 decided to immediately end several people from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for engel-und-waisen.de a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.

'We will soon reveal a new Board, with an incredible Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'

The 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 existing chairman, philanthropist David Rubenstein

In a statement late Friday on its website, the Kennedy Center said it knew Trump's post. 'We have actually gotten no main communications from the White House relating to changes 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 confirmed that the Chair of trustees has been appointed by its board members per governance developed in 1958.

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

Unlike previous Joe Biden and other previous presidents, Trump did not go to the annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremonies during his first term, wiki.rolandradio.net held at the carrying out arts place in Washington's Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

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

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

Trump recommended in his post that he would be executing some changes to the center's performance schedule, noting that last year 'the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth - THIS WILL STOP.'

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

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

The board frequently includes political powerbrokers and significant donors, and is currently made up of members from both sides of the aisle.

Rubenstein was very first elected to the post in 2010 and reelected each year since 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 existing board functions Biden's White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, in addition to Mike Donilon, Biden's long time ally, and Stephanie Cutter, a former Obama advisor.

The treasurer of the center's board of trustees is tv manufacturer Shonda Rhimes, who hosted fundraisers for Biden before he deserted his reelection bid last summer season.

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

But the current board also includes Trump allies, consisting of Pam Bondi, trademarketclassifieds.com the new president's recently validated attorney general, and Lee Greenwood, whose tune 'God Bless the USA,' was the unofficial anthem of Trump's presidential campaign.

During his very first term in 2019, Trump revealed that he was tapping star Jon Voight, a longtime fan, 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 developed as a national cultural center by President Eisenhower in 1958 before being renamed in honor of President Kennedy following his assassination.

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