The stars flee to Kennedy Center groups after Trump confiscated the chair

President Trump’s promotion to the chairman of the Kennedy Center on Wednesday led to several drains from the institution in Washington, DC.

Trump announced last week that he would replace several members of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees and named himself chairman. On Wednesday, the new board elected Trump as chairman of the board.

Around the same time when Trump announced his takeover, the musician Ben Folds said that he would step down as an artistic consultant of the National Symphony Orchestra, “given the developments in the Kennedy Center”.

“It was a wonderful 8 years,” wrote Ben Folds Five’s former singer on Wednesday on Instagram and said that he and the employees of the Kennedy Center encouraged “thousands of fresh audience to appreciate symphonic music”.

The award -winning opera singer and actress Renée Fleming said that she would deviate from her role as an artistic consultant as a whole to the Kennedy Center.

She praised David Rubenstein, whom Trump replaced as chairman, and said his leadership was “only one of the many ways that he contributed to the cultural and historical heir. He is the greatest patriot I know. “

Fleming also praised Deborah Rutter, who the board dismissed on Wednesday as President of the Kennedy Center and said she was a tireless, creative manager and successfully expanded our national center for the arts in a visionary way. “

“They were both inspiration for me; And out of respect, I think it also really left, ”continued Fleming. “I appreciated the BI-Partisan support for this institution as Beacon of America in top form. I hope that Kennedy Center continues to flourish and serves the passionate and diverse audience in the capital of our nation and all over the country. “

Shonda Rhimes, the renowned television author and producer, also resigned from the board after serving as treasurer of the Kennedy Center.

“Please note that Shonda Rhimes has resigned from the board of the Kennedy Center to this day,” a spokesman for Rhimes told Deadline.

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Trump said on Wednesday that it was a “great honor” to act as chairman of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees and to write on social media: “We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!”

An official of the White House announced The Hill that the President took part in the board meeting on Wednesday to choose him.

The Kennedy Center confirmed Trump as CEO in a press release on Wednesday that and other changes to the leadership were “immediately effective”.

“The board also ended the contract of Kennedy Center Deborah F. Rutter and announced Richard Grenell as Interim Kennedy Center President,” said his explanation.

The new members of the board include “God Bless the USA” singer and passionate Trump supporter Lee Greenwood, chief of staff of the White House, Susie Wiles, the second Lady Usha Vance and Senior Adviser Dan Scavino.

Judy Kurtz contributed

Updated on February 13th at 8:49 p.m. EST

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