President Donald Trump shocked guests at a formal board dinner at the Kennedy Center on Monday night and made a speech in a wide range of speeches, blending his political dissatisfaction with sharp criticism of the previous leadership of the arts institution.
Speaking at the White House state restaurant of the newly appointed Kennedy Center trustee and administration official, Trump mentioned the 2020 election when discussing his role in bringing major global sporting events to the United States.
“We got the Olympics, and then we passed Gianni, he was the boss, he was my friend, we got the World Cup,” Trump said. “I got both of them and I said, “Man, I won’t be president, they’ll forget I got them.” No one will mention it. ”
Then, his false claims about the 2020 election were spinning with an announcement: “Then they manipulated the election and I said, “You know what I would do? I’ll run again and I’ll push it onto their a**. “””””””””””””””
He also stressed that if the 2020 election was not “cheated”, he would retire now.
“If they would leave us alone and not cheat on the election and not manipulate it, I will retire now. I’ll be happy to do other things, instead they have four years left for me, can you believe it?”
Trump’s smirk caused laughter and applause.
Not only did Trump use dinner to save the election, he also exploded the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, mocking its architecture and past programming and promised a major overhaul of the institution he now controls as chairman of the board.
Donald Trump messed up at the Kennedy Center as he spoke to new board members at a White House state restaurant on Monday night. He also mocked the Kennedy Center’s “DEI” show, including “Lesbian Shakespeare Only”
The Kennedy Center was built between 1966 and 1971 and opened that year. President Donald Trump says he would like a “beautiful performance center, open air, facing Potomac”, but the Kennedy Center and its addition, coverage has not achieved that
Trump was seen at the board dinner at the Kennedy Center at the state restaurant in the White House in Washington, D.C. on Monday
A few months after firing the former board and installing allies, Trump bluntly admitted: “I haven’t been there. This is the last time I haven’t seen it for work.
Once he visited the buildings he claimed, rather than being frightened by the original structure, he was through “coverage”, a $250 million modern addition to the Kennedy Center that opened in 2019.
“I always thought they should build a beautiful performance center, open air, face Potomac,” Trump said.
They didn’t do that. They built these crazy rooms below. They built three small stages. Very expensive… Maybe someone will occupy one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one one
He said he saw what he saw looked like a “concrete hub” and initially misunderstood that “modern art blocked everyone’s point of view.”
He added: “I don’t know what they’re doing, but they spend a lot of money and they can’t spend that bad time.”
But Trump saved his most violent attack for the Kennedy Center past shows, which he denounced as a leftist parade of identity-based glasses.
“In addition, the show is out of control with rampant political propaganda, Dee and inappropriate shows,” Trump said.
President Donald Trump arrives at the White House to host Kennedy Center Board Dinner
Laura Ingraham attended the dinner with members of the Kennedy Center Board of Directors. Trump serves as chairman of the John Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles leaves to talk to casino and hotel tycoon Steve Wynn
President Donald J Trump hosts Kennedy Center Board Dinner at a State Restaurant in the White House
Trump hosts Kennedy Center Board Dinner at State Restaurant in White House
Trump delivered a fierce speech at the high-profile Washington dinner
“They had dance parties for citing “queer and trans youth.” I think that’s right for some people…but that’s not bad.”
He also specifically laughed at a show: “They have Marxist anti-police performances, they only have lesbian Shakespeare – never – who thought of these ideas, really? It’s different.
Under Trump’s guidance, the Kennedy Center has canceled the World Pride event scheduled for June.
Trump promised “Big Broadway” titles in their position, such as Opera Phantom, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Back to the Future: Musical.
“We are signing the Phantom of the Opera. We are signing many Big Broadways. We’ll let them run for a while. “He said. “It was very seriously overlooked and needed to inject something different, maybe money.”
Sitting in the audience Monday night was a lineup of Trump’s world heavyweights, including White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and casino tycoon Steve Wynn.
Wynn’s wife Andrea was appointed to the Kennedy Center’s board of directors along with Dana Blumberg (wife of Patriots owner Robert Kraft).
Trump has particularly offended Kennedy’s older central structure, but rather a coverage added to the modern day, which began construction in 2015 and was open to the public in 2019
Another view from the Kennedy Center, Donald Trump complained at dinner with the new board on Monday night. The original Kennedy Center building can be seen sticking out in the backstage
The long greystone steps lead to a welcome step within reach, an expansion of the Kennedy Center that opened in 2019.
Board members include Fox News host Laura Ingraham, Attorney General Pam Bondi, Usha Vance (wife of Senator JD Vance) and Paolo Zampolli, modeling agent who discovered Melania Trump.
Country singer Lee Greenwood recently performed with Trump for the U.S. military in Katar, and he is also a member.
Trump made it clear that his takeover of the Kennedy Center was not symbolic, but personal.
He told the crowd that I like to turn things around. ” “I’m doing it with the country. Trust me, we’re doing it.
