Trump makes Kennedy Center Honors announcement. It caught the staff off guard

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New board elects President Trump chair of Kennedy Center“It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. Former Kennedy Center president refutes Trump’s critique of ‘bad management’ “I am deeply troubled by the false allegations regarding the management of the Kennedy Center,” Deborah Rutter wrote in a statement. The Kennedy Center Honors has traditionally been the performing arts venue’s biggest fundraiser. The White House is pushing a big budget increase for the Kennedy Center A House committee has proposed boosting the budget for the Kennedy Center sixfold. It comes after President Trump said the arts center was in “disrepair.”Under President Trump’s domestic spending agenda passed by Congress, the Kennedy Center will receive $257 million.