Trump Seizes Kennedy Center in Hostile Takeover, Installs Loyalists After Purging StaffTrump Made Chair of Kennedy Center as Its President Is Fired

After naming himself chairman, former president ousts veteran arts leader and replaces bipartisan board with political operatives as cultural leaders resign in protest
The president solidified his grip on the performing arts complex as the center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, was fired.

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