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Trump Restructures Kennedy Center Board with Loyalists

President Trump hosts the Kennedy Center Board at the White House, aiming to reshape the center's cultural focus with a loyalist board.


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Hosting the Kennedy Center Board at the White House, President Trump seeks to remake the cultural institution by appointing loyalists after firing previous members. The new board includes top administration figures and has abandoned events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights. Critics, including artists and some political figures, are pushing back against Trump's ideological reshaping of the arts, marking a significant shift in the Kennedy Center's traditionally apolitical stance and raising concerns about federal funding for the arts.

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Trump is remaking the Kennedy Center and has fired its previous board members in favor of loyalists, reflecting his vision of an arts scene aligned with conservative values.

The president's actions include cancelling LGBTQ+ events and slashing federal funding for the arts, showing a clear push against what he terms 'woke' programming.

Artists are responding negatively to Trump's control of the Kennedy Center, resulting in cancellations of performances by prominent shows like Hamilton.

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