Trump’s attack on the Kennedy Center is petty but powerful
The president doesn’t merely want to break the government bureaucracy. He wants to reprogram what the arts mean to the American people.
Trump says he’s firing Kennedy Center board of trustees members and naming himself chairman
President Donald Trump says he's firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman.
Trump names loyalist Ric Grenell interim boss of Kennedy Center
President Donald Trump named foreign policy adviser and loyalist Richard Grenell interim executive director of the Kennedy Center on Monday, days after appointing himself chair, solidifying his control over the iconic American cultural institution.
How Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover could change the arts
President Trump’s plans to police DEI language and control the Kennedy Center show an intent to use the government’s enormous coercive power over the cultural sector.
Trump says Ric Grenell will be Kennedy Center’s interim executive director
President Donald Trump said Monday he is naming Ric Grenell, a longtime confidant already serving in multiple administration positions, to lead the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on a temporary basis after declaring himself the institution’s chairman late last week.
Trump Names Loyalist Interim Leader of Kennedy Center as He Strengthens His Grip
The president also purged 18 board members appointed by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who were scrubbed from an official roster on the center’s website, along with the chairman, David M. Rubenstein.
Donald Trump appoints Ric Grenell to Kennedy Center leadership post
Donald Trump has appointed a longtime ally to oversee daily operations at the Kennedy Center. The move comes after Trump purged the performing arts institution's board and named himself chairman.
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