Donald Trump’s appearance at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday night wasn’t just another presidential outing – it was a full-blown political drama.
The 78-year-old, who turns 79 this weekend, showed up to the opening night of Les Misérables with his wife Melania.
It marked Trump’s first return to the Kennedy Center since he fired the previous leadership and installed his own board, promising to eliminate what he called “woke” programming.
“The Kennedy Center is coming back,” Trump declared. “It was not properly taken care of, and we are taking it back, and we are going to turn it back into something great.”
That “greatness,” according to critics, now comes with a price. Trump’s sweeping changes to the Center included axing 18 traditional board members and replacing them with political loyalists like Susie Wiles, Laura Ingraham, and Maria Bartiromo, Sky News reported.
He had already signaled his disdain for previous programming, saying: “Drag shows specifically targeting our youth… We didn’t like what they were showing, we’re going to make sure it’s good and it’s not going to be woke.”
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