# Trump is Made Chair of the Kennedy Center **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 12, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248 "2025-02-12T21:55:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/61 "2025-02-23T16:16:37Z")
My last Kennedy Center visit was November 2023. I saw a production of The Nutcracker. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/62 "2025-02-23T16:18:13Z")
Bonus points for it being Russian. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/63 "2025-02-23T16:29:17Z")
Foreshadowing? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/64 "2025-02-23T16:50:58Z")
> [@PastTense quoting a news article](#): > > It’s unclear why the event was taken off the Kennedy Center’s schedule. Oh, I think it’s very clear. ---
**Author:** ![FinsToTheLeft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finstotheleft/32/2930_2.png) [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/65 "2025-02-23T18:55:31Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > Oh, I think it’s very clear. I’m waiting for the Log Cabin Republicans to justify this. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/66 "2025-02-23T19:01:45Z")
> [@FinsToTheLeft](#): > > I’m waiting for the Log Cabin Republicans to justify this. You forgot to use your sarcastic voice. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/67 "2025-02-24T03:19:34Z")
As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, Scotty Baio… He could do a killer 3.5 / 4-hr stand-up set. A little Chachi, a little Bob Loblaw… ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/68 "2025-03-16T04:15:06Z")
> **[Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/arts/music/trump-kennedy-center-honors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4U4.BHy0.WsgiUbjd1FPF&smid=url-share)** > > The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process. Gift link Anyone care to speculate about his honorees? Besides the entire cast of FAUX News. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/69 "2025-03-16T04:18:24Z")
In the fiction category? ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/70 "2025-03-16T04:22:58Z")
Well since you said it certainly Sean Hannity. Maybe Tucker Carlson. Elon. Ted Nugent. Kid Rock. Kelsey Grammar. Mel Gibson. Joe Rogan. Greg Gutfeld. Shane Gillis. Dennis Miller. Rupert Murdoch. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/71 "2025-03-16T17:21:32Z")
Rob Fetterman? Heh, too soon? (hopefully no more yeehaw photos with J-6’ers, at least) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/72 "2025-03-16T17:27:32Z")
Shit, just let the old man throw another teen beauty contest. Maybe the inspection would be enough to finish him off. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/73 "2025-03-16T17:29:51Z")
Chair of the Kennedy ? He ain’t fit to be a milking stool. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/74 "2025-03-20T20:36:47Z")
I wonder if he will honor [ Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman?](https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/18/kennedy_center?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) ;). Leave it to the folkies to speak truth to power! BTW - if you haven’t heard Stephanie Coleman, she is a sublime fiddler. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2025, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/75 "2025-03-28T16:30:59Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Can Trump execute a similar takeover of the Smithsonian, with subsequent closing of woke museums like the Museum of African American History and Culture and the Museum of the American Indian, the whitewashing of the Museum of American History, and having the Air and Space Museum change exhibits to show that Trump invented the airplane, broke the sound barrier, and walked on the moon? It has started: > **[Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with...](https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4d)** > > President Donald Trump has signed an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/76 "2025-03-29T02:07:39Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > [Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with 'improper ideology'](https://apnews.com/article/trump-smithsonian-executive-order-improper-ideology-558ebfab722f603e94e02a1a4b06ed4d) _Improper ideology_. Doesn’t get much more fascist than that. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/77 "2025-04-14T18:59:22Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > I wonder if he will honor [ > Nora Brown and Stephanie Coleman?](https://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/18/kennedy_center?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email) ;). Leave it to the folkies to speak truth to power! That article mentions Trump unveiled portraits of himself, Melania, and the Vance’s at the Kennedy Center. I’m running a countdown to when he renames it “The Trump Center”, and thereby manages to steal the endowment fund. I mean, I don’t know the terms of the Center, but I works think there’s something in the endowment about keeping it in Kennedy’s name. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/78 "2025-04-14T19:01:23Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > I’m running a countdown to when he renames it “The Trump Center”, and thereby manages to steal the endowment fund. Unless someone convinces him that presidents with performing arts centers named after them in major U.S. cities always end up assassinated. (See also: New York.) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/79 "2025-05-01T03:46:14Z")
It’s been a great month, so far, and looking forward to more excellent and huge entertainment. The biggest. > **[Updated Kennedy Center 2025 Schedule](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/03/24/updated-kennedy-center-2025-schedule)** > > Big Balls: The TED Talk; Gay-Conversion Band Camp; an all-Nordic version of “TheWiz”—and more! ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2025, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248/80 "2025-05-01T04:19:09Z")
Thanks for that! It made me laugh. I particularly liked “Dancing with the Tsars” and “Joe Rogan “Bum Fights” (over $35 in prize money!).” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-is-made-chair-of-the-kennedy-center/1014248.md?page=5)