President Trump did not say which board members at the Kennedy Center he plans to terminate.
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.
'There is nothing in the Center's statute that would prevent a new administration from replacing board members; however, this would be the first time such action has been taken with the Kennedy Center's board,' the statement read. 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.
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