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The board of Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts voted on Wednesday to substantiate President Trump as its chairman.

“It is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We will make The Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!”

Trump introduced final week he would buck a long time of bipartisanship on the Kennedy Center and push out presidentially appointed trustees from the Biden period, who he stated “do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture.”

The president has accused the landmark nationwide arts complicated of being too “woke” and has taken subject with latest occasions that includes performers in drag.

“We don’t need woke at the Kennedy Center,” Trump advised reporters this week.

“Some of the shows were terrible, a disgrace that they were even put on,” he added, although he famous he didn’t really attend any of the occasions he took subject with.

Last week, Kennedy Center leaders appeared blindsided by Trump’s strikes to take over management of the humanities establishment.

“Per the Center’s governance established by Congress in 1958, the chair of the board of trustees is appointed by the center’s board members,” the middle stated in a press release. “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 Kennedy Center board is now made up completely of Trump appointees, together with White House chief of workers Susie Wiles, longtime aide Dan Scavino, and Second Lady of the U.S. Usha Vance.

During his first time period, Trump refused to attend the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual ceremony celebrating lifetime achievements in American tradition.

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