Trump adds two Fox News personalities to revamped Kennedy Center board
SUMMARY
President Donald Trump shook things up Friday, naming Fox News hosts Laura Ingraham and Maria Bartiromo to the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees. It’s the final piece of his big revamp of the iconic Washington arts hub, which he kicked off right after taking office. Trump booted out Biden-era board members like chair David Rubenstein and ex-press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, took the chairman spot himself, and swapped out President Deborah Rutter for ally Richard Grenell as interim head. “We’re restoring the Center to Greatness,” Trump posted on Truth Social, eyeing an “America’s Golden Age.” The board’s now stacked with loyalists like chief of staff Susie Wiles, ex-deputy Dan Scavino, and First Lady Usha. Trump’s called the old setup “too woke,” but not everyone’s thrilled—“Hamilton” producers just yanked their upcoming show, griping about a lost “spirit of nonpartisanship.” Ingraham and Bartiromo round out a crew that’s got folks buzzing about where the Kennedy Center’s headed.
