Its founding in 1971, with Leonidas Kavakos as the soloist. Trump shockingly said in February that he would take over the venerable performing arts center due to worries about.
Its programming, which included drag performances. He stated that he wanted to “make sure that it’s good and it’s not going to be woke.”
He had previously acknowledged that he had never seen any of the Kennedy Center’s performances because he was uninterested in any of them.
On February 12, Trump was officially elected chairman of the board, succeeding previous Chair David M. Rubenstein.
Additionally, he removed Deborah F. Rutter, the organization’s longstanding president, and replaced Biden-appointed board members with his own choices, such as Usha Vance.
