WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he will immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, including its chair, adding a new board will soon be announced with him as chairman.
“I have decided to 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,” Trump said in a social media post on Friday.
He added: “We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP!”
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington hosts more than 2,000 events each year and is a memorial to former U.S. President John F Kennedy. It is the official residence of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera.
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Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Chris Reese
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Kanishka Singh is a breaking news reporter for Reuters in Washington DC, who primarily covers US politics and national affairs in his current role. His past breaking news coverage has spanned across a range of topics like the Black Lives Matter movement; the US elections; the 2021 Capitol riots and their follow up probes; the Brexit deal; US-China trade tensions; the NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan; the COVID-19 pandemic; and a 2019 Supreme Court verdict on a religious dispute site in his native India.
