The cultural center has become the latest organization to find itself in the president's crosshairs.
Trump mentioned that he would be taking control of shows at the center specifically 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 wrote on his Truth Social platform.
'I have chosen to right away end multiple people 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 announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'
The president would be changing the current chairman, philanthropist David Rubenstein.
Donald Trump has actually revealed strategies 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 changes to our board of trustees,' the statement said.
'We understand that some members of our board have received termination notifications from the administration.'
The Center validated 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 changing board members however it would mark the very first time, 'such action has been taken with the Kennedy Center's board.'
Unlike former Joe Biden and other former presidents, Trump did not go to the annual Kennedy Center Honors events during his first term, held at the performing arts venue in Washington's Foggy Bottom community.
Shortly after Trump's post, bybio.co the Kennedy Center website began experiencing technical troubles.
Visitors got a message reading 'We are experiencing high traffic' and bybio.co were rerouted to a 'waiting room' that noted the number of numerous people were attempting 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, noting that last year 'the Kennedy Center included 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 announcement by posting an AI produced picture of him as head of the Kennedy Center
In his post, wiki.whenparked.com Trump did not clarify which board of trustee members he would be terminating besides Rubenstein.
He followed up his statement by publishing an AI produced image of him as head of the Kennedy Center.
The board typically features political powerbrokers and significant donors, photorum.eclat-mauve.fr and is presently made up of members from both sides of the aisle.
Rubenstein was very first to the post in 2010 and reelected each year since 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 existing board features Biden's White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, along with Mike Donilon, Biden's longtime ally, and Stephanie Cutter, a previous Obama advisor.
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 venue which hosts around 2,000 efficiencies every year
But the present board likewise features Trump allies, consisting of Pam Bondi, systemcheck-wiki.de the brand-new president's just recently verified attorney general of the United States, and Lee Greenwood, whose song 'God Bless the USA,' was the informal anthem of Trump's presidential campaign.
During his very first term in 2019, Trump revealed that he was tapping star Jon Voight, a longtime advocate, to the board, together with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, disgaeawiki.info who he has actually selected as US ambassador to Israel this time.
The Kennedy Center is a carrying out arts venue which hosts around 2,000 efficiencies 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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