Posted on 02/13/2025 12:39:54 AM PST by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Over a matter of days, the President dismissed Kennedy Center board members appointed by Joe Biden to six-year terms, named himself the chairman of the governing body, and installed a loyalist, Richard Grenell, as its interim leader. On Wednesday, his total takeover of that institution seemed complete: a board entirely of Trump appointees unanimously made him the chairman, empowered, in effect, to police the artistic choices being made on the de facto national stage.
“We will make The Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!” Trump posted on his social media platform.
The impact of this MAGA takeover of the Kennedy Center could be immediately seen. The center's longtime chief, Deborah F. Rutter, is now out, and musician Ben Folds quickly resigned from his post as an artistic adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra, which calls the Kennedy Center its home.
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
Wow! Just Wow.
Time professes to be surprised and distressed that Trump is cleaning out a federally supported rats nest of crazy Leftist hostility to him and the majority of the country he represents. Considering that Trump’s opponents openly wanted to bankrupt, imprison, and even kill him, Trump’s treatment of the rats at the Kennedy Center seems mild.
Momentarily surprised, then made sense. People say he loves music and plays DJ for Mar-a-Lago parties. He must be personally driven crazy by some of the rude choices currently being made by the Kennedy Center. Awards and prominence for performance go to those who hate him and many of their music choices he might hate as well. So think of him as the DJ of the Kennedy Center and it makes more sense. Country music is going to have a new audience that might find it’s not necessary to use x-rated lyrics to amuse and entertain. I love this!
BTTT
Maybe we’ll finally get to see a stage version of Atlas Shrugged.
So maybe he will do away with those stupid rainbow collars those pandering idiots wear at that ceremony.
hahahaha
From what I just read on X, the Kennedy center is flat broke. No cash for operations. No cash in reserves. Guess they were waiting for an infusion from USAid?
Replace Ben Folds with Metallica.
A beautiful venue. I saw a performance there when it was in its glory.
Or Ted Nugent.
I have been to the Kennedy Center several times.
The most memorable was to a concert where a pianist played an open topped grand piano by striking the strings with a window washing squeegee
“From what I just read on X, the Kennedy center is flat broke. No cash for operations. No cash in reserves. Guess they were waiting for an infusion from USAid?”
I read the same thing.
You know the Kennedy Center is bad when just about every performance has people like Mitt Romney and Gayle King in the front seats.
This is the way.
Deny them their coveted “awards.”
What would they do if they couldn’t go to an awards show every month?
“You know the Kennedy Center is bad when just about every performance has people like Mitt Romney and Gayle King in the front seats.”
President Trump will change Kennedy Center celebration of genres & styles.
Ben Folds? Wow.
THAT WOULD REQUIRE 3 consecutive nights of performances with 3 intermissions each...A LONG BOOK :)
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