The 'unanimous' elections of Donald Trump as head of the Kennedy Center has led celebrities to leave the ship and dump their prestigious roles in the monumental cultural institution.
Trump continued on Wednesday with a revision from the center after he had criticized his former leadership, became chairman of the organization and fired his president, Deborah Rutter.
The Kennedy Center said in a statement that his board of directors, newly filled with initiated by Trump, had chosen him chairman and had called Richard Grenell as an interim president.
In a statement, Trump wrote: 'It is a great honor to be the chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this great board of directors. We will turn the Kennedy Center into a very special and exciting place! '
Trump replaces billionaire philanthropists David Rubenstein as chairman of the Kennedy Center, one of the leading art organizations in the country that has had Bipartisan support for years.
Shonda Rhimes, the maker of Gry's Anatomy and Bridgerton under many other hit series and served as a Kennedy Center treasurer, saved after hearing the news.
“Keep in mind that from today Shonda Rhimes has resigned from the board of the Kennedy Center,” she said in a statement.
Singer Ben Folds also explained a statement in which he announced that he would no longer serve as an artistic adviser to the National Symphony Orchestra.
The 'unanimous' elections of Donald Trump as president of the Kennedy Center has led to progressive celebrities to leave the ship
Shonda Rhimes, the maker of Grey's Anatomy and Bridgerton under many other hit series and served as a Kennedy Center treasurer, saved after hearing the news
'Given developments in the Kennedy Center, I am taking effect today as an artistic adviser at the NSO. Not for me, “he said.
Actress and opera singer Renee Flemming, an artistic adviser in the middle of the center, has also announced her departure.
Flemming praised both Rubenstein and former President Deborah Rutter for their leadership.
'I cherished the BI-party support for this institution as a beacon of America at our best. I hope the Kennedy Center continues to flourish and serving the passionate and various audiences in the capital of our nation and throughout the country, “she said.
Grensnell, a former ambassador in Germany during Trump's first term, also serves as an envoy for special missions in the president's government and helps to lead the answer to the forest fires in California.
The move represents a rapid acquisition of Trump and his allies from a cultural institution in Washington that is known for its characteristic Kennedy Center Honors Performances and the home base is from the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera.
Trump did not live with the Honors versions during his first term of office.
Rutter had previously announced her intention to resign at the end of this year. Rubenstein was planned to serve as chairman up to and including September 2026.
“Keep in mind that from today Shonda Rhimes resigned from the board of the Kennedy Center,” she said in a statement
Singer Ben Folds also explained a statement in which he announced
The move represents a rapid takeover of Trump and his allies from a cultural institution in Washington known for its characteristic Kennedy Center Honors Performance and is the home of the National Symphony Orchestra and the Washington National Opera
In the meantime, Liberal CNN disputed the idea that Trump had been unanimously chosen.
Jake Tapper appeared on Wednesday evening at the Show of Anderson Cooper and claimed that the mood had not disappeared so easily.
“There were a few voices that were abstentions,” and “there were some votes against,” said the anchor.
Tapper, however, admitted that the results of the mood were 'overwhelming' in favor of the president.
He also played a recording of Trump with his aversion to what the Kennedy Center had become and what he wants it to be.
'I think we will do something very special. It woke up very much and some people were not happy with it and some people refused to go. And we won't have that. '
Last week Trump, a Republican who has attempted to beat the jobs of the government and close agencies in just over three weeks, including the Ministry of Education and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), also announced his plans for to focus on the Kennedy Center.
In a post on social media he damaged it because he had kept drag shows'.
Jake Tapper appeared on Wednesday evening at the Anderson Cooper show and claimed that the mood had not disappeared
In his first term, from 2017 to 2021, the Republican regularly skipped the annual Gala event of the Kennedy Center because people planned to receive prices that criticized him and said they would not appear if he did.
Trump took out on Friday to the institution, and called it to fall too liberally and from the body with American values.
That same day he fired the man who served as chairman, the billionaire Democratic philanthropist and Baltimore Orioles owner Rubenstein and other members of the board of directors.
New members of the board were singer Lee Greenwood, Chief of Staff of the White House Susie Wiles, deputy Staff Chef Dan Scavino, and Usha Vance, wife of Vice President JD Vance.
The board now has 31 members. Insented by former President Joe Biden, including former press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, were fired.
The old president of the center, Deborah Rutter, was fired, the institution said.
Others at Rutter's office were also released, according to sources.
