Among the horrible and unforgivable moves toward fascism today, Donald Trump has taken over the Kennedy Center.
He’s fired long leader David Rubenstein, head of the Carlyle Group and the man who saved both the Kennedy Center and Washington Monument from financial ruin. Trump also sent notices to other board members. It should be noted that Rubenstein has hosted former President Joe Biden at his home in Nantucket.
This is a real story.
He writes: “At my direction, we are going to make the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., GREAT AGAIN. I have decided to immediately terminate multiple individuals from the Board of Trustees, including the Chairman, who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture. We will soon announce a new Board, with an amazing Chairman, DONALD J. TRUMP! Just last year, the Kennedy Center featured Drag Shows specifically targeting our youth — THIS WILL STOP. The Kennedy Center is an American Jewel, and must reflect the brightest STARS on its stage from all across our Nation. For the Kennedy Center, THE BEST IS YET TO COME!”
Recently, Deborah Rutter, who was Rubenstein’s second in command, resigned. She must have had a sense that the end was coming. It’s disgraceful.
The Kennedy Center was created to honor the American culture. In the four years of his first term, Trump never attended the Kennedy Center Honors. He ignores all efforts to promote the culture, and arts, at every turn.
CBS broadcasts the Kennedy Center Honors every December. Trump is currently locked in a legal battle with the Tiffany network over 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris. He wants to shut down the show and the network.
This may be a way of punishing CBS, which is owned by Paramount. The studio is closing a deal to sell themselves to David Ellison’s Skydance, which is funded by Trump’s friend and Ellison’s billionaire father, Larry, owner of Oracle.
Reacting to this news, CBS may very well drop the show. With the artistic boards gone, the Kennedy Center is now in severe peril .
We are in deep trouble.
News of the Kennedy Center take over came earlier today in The Atlantic magazine.
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