Trump Unanimously Voted Next Kennedy Center Chairman by Reconstituted Board

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Trump Elected Chair of Kennedy Center as Its President Steps Down

Ms. Rutter said in a statement that it had been the honor of her career to lead the institution, which, in addition to a performing arts center, is a memorial to former President John F. Kennedy.

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New York Times

Trump Announces He’s Been ‘Unanimously’ Elected Kennedy Center Chairman

The move, which the president announced on his social media site Truth Social, comes after Trump moved to oust members of the organization’s board who had been appointed by his predecessor, Joe Biden.

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Trump Unanimously Elected As Chairman Of Kennedy Center Board

In addition to Trump, other new members of the board include White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino, Second Lady Usha Vance, director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office Sergio Gor, and Allison Lutnick, the wife of billionaire Commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick.

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How Trump is reshaping the Kennedy Center, moving away from "woke culture"

The White House is filling a number of seats on the board of directors. President Trump is expected to name a new chairman in the next few weeks. The board is also expected to make changes to the way the board is run. The White House says the changes are needed to make the board more efficient.

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Trump elected new chairman of Kennedy Center's board of trustees

President Donald Trump on Wednesday was unanimously elected Chairman of the Board of the Kennedy Center. Trump announced last week that he would be replacing current Chairman David Rubenstein, and that he himself would serve as chairman. Trump said that he was "honored" to be elected chairman, but he did not announce any other new board members.

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New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center

President Trump is the new chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He was elected by a board that excluded the 18 Democratic appointees purged by the president last week. New board members include Susie Wiles, Dan Scavino, Allison Lutnick and Patricia Duggan.

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Trump elected chair of the Kennedy Center by newly constituted board

By Jake Tapper, Pamela Brown and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The newly constituted board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has

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Trump's Takeover of the Kennedy Center Is Complete

President Donald Trump installed himself as chairman of the Kennedy Center board of trustees. The remaining members unanimously elected him and booted its current president. The refashioned board is made up entirely of Trump appointees, many of whom were appointed after he terminated all of former president Joe Biden’s appointees.

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Donald Trump elected chair of Kennedy Center amid board overhaul

Trump replaces David Rubenstein, a billionaire philanthropist who was appointed to the board in 2005 by President George W. Bush. The Kennedy Center's board has been reshuffled to include almost entirely Trump appointees. It is the first time a president has made such a move since the performing arts center opened in 1971.

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Shonda Rhimes Resigns from Kennedy Center—Is Donald Trump the Real Reason?

Kennedy Center in DC has been the seat of art and culture in the capital and has always been a bipartisan institution. But Donald Trump has taken over the center and turned it into a republican agenda. The board is just now turning appointees such as Susie Wiles, his chief of staff, longtime aide Dan Scavino and Second Lady Usha Vance.

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Trump Made Chair of Kennedy Center as Its President Is Fired

The center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, was then fired from her position. Richard Grenell, a Trump loyalist who was ambassador to Germany during the first Trump administration, was appointed the center's interim president. Mr. Trump posted on social media: “It is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!"

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Trump-appointed board elects him Kennedy Center chair as longtime president is ousted

Donald Trump named chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Trump announced the appointment on social media. He said he was replacing the Board of Trustees, who he said did not share his vision for the center. The new chairman will have the power to make changes to the center's policies.

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Kennedy Center president departs after Trump becomes Board of Trustees chair

The Board of Trustees voted to remove billionaire David Rubenstein as chair of the board and replace him with Trump. The move was announced late Friday afternoon, but the official vote had not yet taken place. Deborah F. Rutter, president of the Kennedy Center, announced her departure from her position.

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Trump elected chair of the Kennedy Center by newly constituted board

The newly constituted board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has elected President Donald Trump as its chairman. The vote, according to the president, was unanimous. “It is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center, especially with this Board of Trustees,” Trump said in a statement.

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New Kennedy Center board elects Trump chair, ousts Rutter as president

President Donald Trump is named chairman of the Kennedy Center board. Former acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell is made interim president. The board also terminates Deborah Rutter as president. Rutter tearfully tells staff she is leaving the center after the vote. The center's website was updated with several new presidentially appointed trustees.

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