What will a thin-skinned showman do with an institution central to Washington’s cultural life? One expectation is more country music.

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Trump undertook a "massive overhaul" of the Kennedy Center in the weeks after his inauguration, said USA Today. He fired board members who had been appointed by the Biden Administration,

Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter, brought on by Rubenstein in 2014, resigned soon after the board shake-up. Trump replaced her, on an interim basis, with diplomat Richard Grenell, who served as the U.S. ambassador to Germany during the president's first term.