Trump appoints Ric Grenell to lead Kennedy Center, fires board

Ric Grenell, who served as Donald Trump's foreign policy adviser, has been appointed as the interim executive director of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Trump has also dismissed several board members, including chairman David Rubenstein. In a post on social media, he proclaimed that the venue would no longer host "DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA – ONLY THE BEST." He mentioned he would oversee a new board. The Kennedy Center stated it had not received any official notification from the White House about these changes, highlighting that this would mark the first instance of such board replacements since the center's establishment in 1971. Grenell previously held roles as acting director of National Intelligence and U.S. Ambassador to Germany during Trump's first term.