The cultural center has actually ended up being the current organization to find itself in the president's crosshairs.

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

'At my direction, 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 immediately terminate several individuals from the Board of Trustees, consisting of the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.

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

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

In a statement late Friday on its website, the Kennedy Center said it understood Trump's post. 'We have received no main communications from the White House regarding modifications to our board of trustees,' the statement said.

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

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

It kept in mind that there is nothing prohibiting 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 previous presidents, Trump did not participate in the annual Kennedy Center Honors ceremonies during his very first term, held at the carrying out arts place in Washington's Foggy Bottom community.

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

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

Trump recommended in his post that he would be implementing some changes to the center's efficiency schedule, keeping in mind that in 2015 '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 by publishing an AI generated 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 statement by posting an AI created image of him as head of the Kennedy Center.

The board often 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 initially 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, setiathome.berkeley.edu 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 television producer Shonda Rhimes, who hosted fundraisers for Biden before he abandoned his reelection quote last summer.

The Kennedy Center is a carrying out arts location which hosts around 2,000 performances every year

But the existing board also includes Trump allies, consisting of Pam Bondi, the new president's recently validated chief law officer, and Lee Greenwood, whose tune 'God Bless the USA,' was the unofficial anthem of Trump's presidential campaign.

During his first term in 2019, Trump announced that he was tapping star Jon Voight, a longtime fan, to the board, together with previous Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who he has actually chosen as US ambassador to Israel this time.

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

It was developed as a nationwide cultural center by President Eisenhower in 1958 before being renamed in honor of President Kennedy following his assassination.

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