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Tavish Forsyth stripped down and lambasted the U.S. presidentâs takeover of the cultural institution.
The self-appointed chairman of the Kennedy Center is erasing cultural icons and hallmarks of the left, but Elvis, Pavarotti and Babe Ruth are part of the show.
President Donald Trump claimed he attended the Broadway premier of the hit musical with âsomebody I should not have been there with.â
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Trump once again suggested he is âthe king,â as he pored over his plans to change the cultural hub in Washington, D.C.
The president seemed to have two new main prospects for the center: Broadway and a sweeping renovation.
The VP attended a concert with his wife, a Kennedy Center board member.
âItâs another signal of how an authoritarian leader can use state power to defeat the opposition,â one democracy watchdog tells the Daily Beast.
The Democrats on the board are not the only trustees the president upset, our must-read newsletter The Swamp reveals.
The organization said it had not been directly contacted regarding the proposed changes.
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