President Trump announced his intention on Friday to bring John F. Kennedy Center to the performing arts in Washington more firmly under his control.

“In my leadership we will make the Kennedy Center great again in Washington DC,” wrote Mr. Trump in his social media platform about the social social media.

Mr. Trump said that he would “end several people from the board of trustees, including the chairman who did not share our vision for a golden age in art and culture”.

He added: “We will soon announce a new board with an amazing chairman, Donald J. Trump.”

Mr. Trump’s plan to clean the board and appoint himself was first reported by the Atlantic on Friday. Shortly afterwards he published his announcement.

The news amazed the world of arts and culture, but were not a surprise for people who speak to Mr. Trump. In the weeks after his election victory, Mr. Trump told the people that he wanted to be the chairman of the famous Kennedy Center.

The current chairman is David M. Rubenstein, the financier and philanthropic, who has held the position for more than a decade. Mr. Rubenstein’s retirement in January 2025 was announced, but after Mr. Trump’s election, the Kennedy Center said that he would remain in the role by September 2026.

Mr. Rubenstein, who was originally appointed by former President George W. Bush and later experienced, organized President Biden in one of his houses. However, he also kept a warm enough relationship with Mr. Trump that Mr. Trump spoke to him for an interview for a book about president who was published in 2024.

Shortly before and after the President had published his announcement, several board members stated that they were caught by the news suddenly and that nobody had to be announced whether they would be ended or not.

During his first term in office, Mr. Trump broke out of tradition by leaning to attend the Kennedy Center’s honors, the group’s Hallmark program after some award winners criticized him.

Mr. Trump’s plan to redesign the board would break in the Kennedy Center with years of precedent that has long been proud of a tradition of non -partisanity. It was the latest example of his efforts to improve the standards in Washington in the first 100 days of his second term.

The board of the Kennedy Center with 36 members was recently divided evenly between republican and democratic appointments. Members of the board of directors are appointed six years, which indicates that they should not simply be released. But Mr. Trump has tested the legal limits that he can fire from the past three weeks.

In the last weeks of his administration, Joseph R. Biden Jr. Join filled a dozen freedom on the board and created some of his closest helpers, including Karine Jean-Pierre, the former press spokesman for the White House and the political strategist Mike Donilon. The board is roughly divided between Biden and Trump -Nornungen.

The board members currently selected by Mr. Trump during his first term in office include Pam Bondi, his Attorney General, and Elaine Chao, who was a transport secretary during his first term and is married to Senator Mitch McConnell.

In the past month, the Trump government fell quietly the committee for the arts and humanities of the President, part of a flood of executive regulations that aim to suppress the guidelines of the previous government for art, culture and historical commemoration.

The Kennedy Center did not immediately answer a request for comments. Mr. Rubenstein did not immediately answer a call and a text to look for a comment.

The leaders of the Kennedy Center recently expressed optimism towards Mr. Trump and said that Melania Trump, the first lady, who serves as honorary chairman, had personally expressed interest in combining the center again.

Robin Pogrebin Reported reports.