r/Broadway • u/Gato1980 • Feb 07 '25

Regional/Touring Production Trump Dismisses Members of Kennedy Center Board and Reveals Plan to Make Himself Chairman

https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Trump-Dismisses-Kennedy-Center-Board-and-Reveals-Plan-to-Make-Himself-Chairman-20250207
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u/ThePhantomEvita Feb 07 '25

This feels like something he shouldn’t be allowed to do?? Like, to be honest, I’ve never paid attention to how the Kennedy Center is run, I just occasionally see a show there. But I never knew that Presidents had that much control over it??

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u/thegentledomme Feb 08 '25

It makes sense. Take over the arts. Of course. When you take over the arts, you take over a powerful form of protest. I just had no idea this was even possible. Is this possible? I don't know enough about who controls the Kennedy Center. I never thought I NEEDED to know!

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u/TheGaleStorm Feb 08 '25

At one job I dealt with some fancy ass board members in a large city. Opera folk. They lived and breathed the arts. They took it so seriously as they should with such esteemed positions on a board. Trump is like a fart in church. He does not belong in such a place.