Donald Trump’s hijacking of the Kennedy Center is not going well for the president, nor for the living monument to JFK.
Trump returned to power, appointed himself and several political lackeys to the board, and then appointed himself chairman.
The president later rigged a vote to rename the Kennedy Center for himself, even though only an act of Congress can make changes to the center. Trump is currently suing to immediately remove his name from the building.
Trump has also used the Kennedy Center to award himself a fake peace prize from the football governing body and to honor supporters like Lee Greenwood.
Donald Trump has turned the monument into a political entity, which is why so many artists are now canceling shows and refusing to perform there.
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center, a holiday tradition at the more than two-decade-old Washington, D.C., performing arts center, has been canceled.
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“When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and hours later on the building, I decided to cancel our concert,” Redd told The Associated Press in an email.
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Numerous artists have canceled Kennedy Center performances since Mr. Trump returned to office, including Issa Rae and Peter Wolf. Lin-Manuel Miranda canceled a planned production of ‘Hamilton’.
Trump’s crew responded to artists who did not want to be associated with them by threatening a lawsuit.
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