President Donald Trump says he has appointed himself as the chairman of the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in what seems to be a reaction to programming last year at the national cultural center featuring drag.

President Trump plans to fire several Board Members at Washington D.C.'s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and indicated that he's naming himself chairman.

President Donald Trump says he's firing members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and naming himself chairman.

The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."

The president announced that he plans to terminate board members who do not share his "Vision for a Golden Age"

The Kennedy Center is run by a 36-member board of trustees appointed by the sitting president, as decreed in the legislation that established it. Each trustee serves a six-year term, meaning that the current board includes some trustees appointed by Trump as well as President Joe Biden.

The president said he would remove several trustees from the Washington cultural institution’s board.

President Donald Trump has fired several members of the board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and make himself the center's chairman.