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Trump Unveils 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees and Will Host Ceremony
- On August 13, 2025, President Donald Trump announced the 2025 Kennedy Center Honorees: George Strait, Sylvester Stallone, KISS, Michael Crawford, and Gloria Gaynor, and revealed he will host the December 7 ceremony in Washington, D.C.
- Trump's announcement followed his February takeover of the Kennedy Center, including replacing trustees with loyalists and installing himself as chairman, breaking from the previous bipartisan advisory selection process.
- This year's honorees represent popular culture icons outside traditional classical and dance fields, marking a departure from past honoree diversity, and the ceremony will air later on CBS and Paramount+.
- Trump stated he was 98% involved in choosing the honorees, described them as 'great people,' and said he reluctantly accepted hosting duties, while Richard Grenell praised their lasting impact on American culture.
- The event underscores a new Kennedy Center era under Trump, but his cultural overhaul has drawn criticism, including the 2025 cancellation of the 'Hamilton' staging and calls against his 'woke' agenda labeling.
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Trump to Host 2025 Kennedy Center Honors After Rejecting Woke Nominees, Celebrates Stallone and Strait
Remember when awards actually meant something? When we celebrated real talent instead of political statements? For years, America’s cultural institutions have been hijacked. The elites... The post Trump to Host 2025 Kennedy Center Honors After Rejecting Woke Nominees, Celebrates Stallone and Strait appeared first on Patriot Journal.
And The Men Had Tears In Their Eyes And They Said 'Sir! Sir! Please Host The Kennedy Center Honors!'
Nobody asked him to host the Kennedy Center Honors. Donald Trump went to the Kennedy Center yesterday, because he just loves trashing up cultural icons he’s seized by force, the same way he loves things like designing ugly ballrooms to stick on the side of the White House, the same way he loves directing the affixing of cheap gold-plating to everything in the White House.He was there to announce the next crop of Kennedy Center honorees, which he…
Trump to host Kennedy Center Honors — hints at honoring himself, and immediately sparks uproar over his criteria for honor picks
Donald Trump has made a major announcement; he will be hosting the next Kennedy Center Honors and his first order of business will be honoring himself. The next will be blocking out all the “wokesters.” At a press conference to crown himself host, Trump boasted he was “98% involved” in picking the Kennedy Center Honorees for 2025. His selection process, he said, was proudly partisan — insisting many “wokesters” made the long list, but he persona…
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