President Trump will deliver remarks at the Kennedy Center this morning to announce nominees for the performing arts center’s awards ceremony after indicating he may rename the Kennedy Center in both his and John F. Kennedy’s honor.
This comes after Trump made major changes to the Kennedy Center during his first few months in office, including replacing the Chairman of the Kennedy Center Board with himself, firing multiple Board Trustees, and “DOGEing” the center of waste, fraud, and abuse.
“I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture,” the President announced on Truth Social in February, almost immediately after his inauguration.
During a Kennedy Center Board Dinner at the White House in May, President Trump condemned the previous leadership’s waste and “out of control” woke programming. “We had some very inappropriate shows, I think, to put it very nicely,” the President said, citing parties for “queer and trans youth,” anti-police performances, and Lesbian Only Shakespeare. “Who thinks of these ideas, really?” the President asked the new Board members, who erupted in laughter.
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Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday that he will be announcing “GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER” awards, adding, “whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER.”
Full statement:
GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS. They will be announced Wednesday. Tremendous work is being done, and money being spent, on bringing it back to the absolute TOP LEVEL of luxury, glamour, and entertainment. It had fallen on hard times, physically, BUT WILL SOON BE MAKING A MAJOR COMEBACK!!! President DJT
Later, on Tuesday night, the President reposted his original post with a photo of himself in the Presidential box at the Kennedy Center, fueling speculation that he may actually follow through on his “TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER” proposal.
Per the Washington Post, George Strait, Kiss, and Michael Crawford are potenitial recipients of the Kennedy Center honors.
The President is scheduled to deliver remarks at 11:15 am ET.
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