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

Trump stated that he would be taking over programs 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 composed on his Truth Social platform.

'I have actually decided to immediately end multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including 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 fantastic Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!'

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

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

'We know that some members of our board have actually received termination notifications from the administration.'

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

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

Unlike previous Joe Biden and other former presidents, Trump did not go to the yearly Kennedy Center Honors events during his first term, held at the carrying out arts location in Washington's Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

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

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

Trump suggested in his post that he would be executing some modifications to the center's efficiency schedule, keeping in mind 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 entitled 'A Drag Salute to Divas' and ura.cc a November 'Drag Brunch.'

Trump followed up his announcement by posting 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 terminating besides Rubenstein.

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

The board often features political powerbrokers and significant donors, and is presently comprised 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 White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, as well as Mike Donilon, Biden's longtime ally, and Stephanie Cutter, a former Obama adviser.

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

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

But the current board also features Trump allies, consisting of Pam Bondi, the brand-new president's just recently validated attorney general of the United States, and Lee Greenwood, whose song 'God Bless the USA,' was the informal anthem of Trump's governmental campaign.

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

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

It was established 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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