Trump’s Bid to Redesign the Kennedy Center Sparks Backlash and Renovation Plans
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Trump has announced a two-year closure of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to undertake a major renovation, part of his effort to reshape the center’s programming and leadership. After purging the board and declaring himself chairman, he criticized the center as disrepair and “woke” in its offerings, while signaling a name change to Trump-Kennedy Center that provoked broad backlash and cancellations from artists. The center, opened in 1971 as a premier Washington cultural venue, now stands at the center of a debate over politicizing national cultural institutions as renovations proceed.
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