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Friday, February 07, 2025
President Trump announced plans Friday to fire board members for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and install himself as its chairman. "At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN," Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. The president said he would "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." He did not say which board members he plans to terminate. The board has 36 members appointed by the president, each to six-year terms. The board is divided between Republican and Democratic appointees. |
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More Alternate links: Google News | Twitter David Rubenstein, philanthropist and co-founder of the Carlyle Group, has been the chairman of the Kennedy Center's board of trustees for 14 years and announced that he was stepping down from the board effective September 2026. Deborah Rutter, who has served as president of the Kennedy Center since 2014, announced last month that she planned to step down at the end of 2025. Comments
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