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Trump ally Ric Grenell stepping down as Kennedy Center president, sources say
Ric Grenell steps down amid controversy as the Trump Kennedy Center prepares for a $257 million renovation and two-year closure starting July, with Matt Floca expected to succeed him.
- On Friday, President Donald Trump announced that Richard Grenell will transition out of his role as president of the Kennedy Center, a position he held since his appointment last year.
- Grenell served as a central player in President Trump's push to dramatically overhaul the Kennedy Center shortly after he returned to office, filling the board with his supporters.
- The Kennedy Center will close this summer for a two-year reconstruction, following the board's decision to rename it the Trump Kennedy Center, a move the Kennedy family denounced.
- Matt Floca, the vice president of facilities operations, will succeed Grenell as chief operating officer and executive director, with the change formalized at Monday's White House board meeting.
- Many artists have withdrawn from the Kennedy Center since the leadership transition, as Trump continues targeting cultural institutions to remove what he calls liberal bias and anti-American ideology.
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Richard Grenell, a long-term alliance of President Donald Trump, who coordinated expansion changes at the Kennedy Centre, determined by many artists to leave this representative space dedicated to the art of the show, will be deposed as president of the institution, reports The Associated Press.
Donald Trump replaces Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell following artist boycotts
Donald Trump has announced that the Kennedy Center president Richard Grenell is to be replaced. It comes after a difficult year for the venue, which has seen a host of artists cancelling their performances and boycotting the arts centre, particularly after the board that presides over the building voted to rename it the Trump-Kennedy Center last December. The move prompted jazz musician Chuck Redd to cancel an annual Christmas Eve show for the f…
Richard Grenell, an ally of SADS President Donald Trump who oversaw sweeping changes at the Kennedy Center that saw many artists leave the performing arts institution, will step down as president of the institution.
New name, structural changes and Donald Trump as Chairman of the Board of Directors. US President has radically changed the Kennedy Center since he took office. Trump, the new head of the cultural institution, comes from the real estate industry like he once did.
Donald Trump brought Washington's largest cultural institution under his control - and a controversial confidant at the head of it. Now a new boss is to oversee the reconstruction of the Kennedy Center.
Trump-Appointed Head of Kennedy Center Is Out
Richard Grenell is leaving the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after a little more than a year as its president, ending a brief and contentious tenure in which the Washington institution has lost performers and audiences. President Trump announced the change Friday on Truth Social, saying Grenell had "done...
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