Posted on 03/08/2025 3:33:31 AM PST by Libloather
President Trump announced Friday that two Fox News personalities will join the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts – exactly one month after he axed existing members and appointed himself chairman of the iconic cultural institution.
Trump, 78, said Fox News anchors Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo will serve on the 33-person Kennedy Center board of trustees to usher in “America’s Golden Age.”
“I am thrilled to announce that Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo will be joining our Kennedy Center Board – This completes our selection,” the commander in chief wrote in a Truth Social post.
“We look forward to restoring the Center to Greatness, and ushering in America’s Golden Age. Together we will Make the Arts Great Again!”
Shortly after taking office, Trump gutted the board of several presidential appointees, arguing that the previous leadership didn’t share his “vision” for the arts.
The Kennedy Center, which hosts more than 2,000 events each year across its many stages, is the official residence of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera.
Trump, who often skipped the star-studded Kennedy Center Honors awards ceremony for the performing arts during his first term, also blasted the prestigious venue for previously hosting drag shows “targeting” children, declaring he would install a new board that supports his “Golden Age in Arts and Culture.”
The newest board is made up of several Trump allies, including himself, second lady Usha Vance, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and Dan Scavino, Trump’s former deputy chief of staff for communications.
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Eliminate the national opera...that shxt never made sense anyway.
Oh no! I guess this means Racheal Maddow, Joy Reid and Nicole Wallace won’t be getting the kennedy Center honors award anytime soon. Good, glad to see this. The DemoMarxist domestic enemies have been commandeering these institutions for far too long solely to push their sick agenda.
I’d like to make a suggestion here...for the center. Can’t they go and get conservative comedians lined up for every Tuesday night, and offer up tickets at discount for GI’s stationed in the ‘ring’? You could fill the place up easily with 2k.
Opera is beautiful.
I started bringing my children to the opera when they were young. They all loved it, so much so that they still listen to it.
No more creepy drag queen bands?
My daughter loves opera too. There aren’t many places that can accommodate a huge opera production.I hope they keep a few operas annually.
No one is talking about getting rid of the opera
You must see a Marx Bros A Night at the Opera
Um, there really aren’t many, if any. Pretty much all are Liberal.
Agree.
They will.
No more Hamilton clowning about for you! Talk about your cultural appropriation. That is only OK for blacks! though that stupid show has Hispanics too.
I just realized that the commies of color might put on a Trump farce. With an all black cast as the Trump administration, jumping jiving around and singing. Unless their NGO had its Federal funds cutoff.
If so, yes, scrap it.
Anything Puccini!!
The GOP has SEIZED control of the Kennedy Center a mere six weeks after SEIZING control of the White House, Senate and House.
And just think how different things would be if they hadn’t SEIZED control of the Supreme Court.
Bravo👏👏
he axed existing members...
Trump gutted the board
Pretty violent stuff.
It was established in the Eisenhower administration, but they didn’t raise enough money through donations to open it until the early 1970s.
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