Washington (APP) – President Donald Trump He said on Friday that he was dismissing members of the Board of Trustee for the Kennedy Center and taking the name of the chairman himself.
He also indicated that he would order Programming In an important cultural institution in the country, especially announcing that it will eliminate the actors featured in the drag.
Trump’s announcement happened as the new president has Bloodos took his way During the first weeks of his second term, crossing Washington, shutting down federal agencies, freezing costs and ending the government’s diversity, equality and participation.
“My direction, we are going to build a Kennedy Center in Washington DC, once again. I also include the chairman, who do not share our vision for the golden age in the arts and culture.
“We will soon announce a new board with Donald J. Trump soon!”
In a statement on his website late Friday, the Kennedy Center said he was familiar with Trump. “We have not had any official communication with the White House about changes to our Board of Trustee,” the statement said. “We know that some members of our board have received notice of suspension by the administration.”
The statement continues: “According to the rule of the Center formed by the Congress in 1958, the Chair of the Board of Trustee has been appointed by the board members of the Center. There is nothing in the law of the Center which to the new administration to the members of the board. However, this will be the first time that such action has been taken with the Kennedy Center board.
Unlike the former president Which biden And other commanders have not participated in the decades, Trump did not attend the annual Kennedy Center Honors During his first term, the ceremony, which was held in the foggy lower neighborhood of Washington, was opened in 1971.
Immediately after Trump’s post, the Kennedy Center website began to face technical difficulties. Visitors received the message that “we are experiencing high traffic” and sent them to the “waiting room” that it was listed how many hundreds of people are trying to access the site before them –
Trump advised him to implement some changes to the center’s performance schedule, noting that last year, the “Kennedy Center, especially our youngsters, are included in the drag shows – it stops.” “
According to its website, in July, the center hosted a Proso, titled “A Drag Salami To Davis” and November “drag brinch”.
In his post, Trump did not specify which board of trustee members besides the current chairman, donor David Rubin Stein. The board often includes political power brokers and major donors, and currently consists of members from both sides of the corridor.
Robin Stein was first selected in 2010 and was selected every year since then. Also, Robin Stein, the principal owner of Baltimore Orles, was actually appointed by President George W. Bush at the Kennedy Center Board, and then President Barack Obama and Biden were re -appointed.
Press Secretary of the White House of Biden in the current board, Karen Jin PierreMike Donelin, Biden’s long -time ally, and former Obama adviser Stephanie Cutter. The Center’s Board of Trustee is the treasurer television producer Shanda RumsWho hosted the fundraisers for Biden before leaving his election bid last summer.
But the current board also features Trump’s allies, including Palm Bondi, who has a recent president’s recently certified Attorney General, and Le Greenwood, whose song is “Greetings to God”. , Was the unofficial anthem of Trump’s presidential campaign.
During his first term in 2019, Trump announced that he was tapping a long -time pro -actor June White on the board, and at the same time, with the former Arkansas Government Mike Hokkibi, who this time as a US ambassador to Israel. Selected on.
___
