President Donald Trump’s domestic agenda has been laser-focused on issues like preserving American culture and cutting government waste.
Both priorities converged when he announced earlier this month that he would be taking over as the chairman of the Kennedy Center board and removing a number of members:
🇺🇸 President Trump is going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, Great Again! Trump removes several Kennedy Center board members and appoints himself as the new chair! 🥳 pic.twitter.com/tCg4wN2ipF
— LynneP (@LynneBP_294) February 8, 2025
Among the first major decisions following the overhaul was one involving the cancelation of a controversial performance, as Breitbart reported:
The Kennedy Center has canceled an upcoming LGBTQIA+ Pride performance by the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW), shortly after President Donald Trump took the reins as chairman of the venue’s board.
The GMCW, a 250-member singing group of gay men that has performed for the Bidens, Clintons, and Obamas, announced that they are “deeply disappointed” with the Kennedy Center’s decision in a Tuesday night Facebook post:
“We are deeply disappointed with the news that our upcoming Pride performance with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has been canceled. The piece was intended to