WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted the Kennedy Center’s leadership at the White House on Monday night, reinforcing how much attention he’s devoting to remaking a premier cultural center as part of a larger effort to overhaul the social and ideological dynamics of the national arts scene. Richard Grenell, a Trump envoy for special missions who is interim head of the Kennedy Center, said a previous budget included “$26 million in phantom revenue.” He suggested the behavior could be a criminal matter for prosecutors and that Bondi, in addition to being on the center’s board, heard the details at a meeting earlier Monday. “Instead of putting forward programming that tears our country down and tears our country apart,” Trump said, “the Kennedy Center should be the nation’s premier venue for lifting up the best of our country and lifting up the American arts, music and culture.”
Author: Will Weissert, Associated Press
Published at: 2025-05-19 20:56:38
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