According to an announcement from his Truth Social account on Wednesday afternoon”: “President Donald J. Trump was just unanimously elected Chairman of the Board of the prestigious Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The President stated, “It is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make The Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!”

Too exciting for soprano Renée Fleming, who, according to the New York Times, will step down from her role as artistic adviser to the Center, and for singer-songwriter Ben Folds, who quits his position as artistic advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra.

Trump was elected by the JFK Center’s new and Trump loyalist-stacked 36-member board, which now includes Vice President’s J.D. Vance’s wife, Usha Vance. White House chief of staff Susie Wiles
Wiles’ mother, Cheri Summerall, White House deputy chief of staff for national security Dan Scavino, White House director of presidential personnel Sergio Gor, Allison Lutnick, wife of commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick and Pamela Gross, former White House adviser to the first lady, are also at the table.

Former Kennedy Center president Deborah Rutter, who was...