US EditionTrump 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- Many artists have withdrawn from the Kennedy Center since the leadership transition, as Trump continues targeting cultural institutions to remove what he calls liberal bias and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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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...
Donald Trump removed Richard Grenell as executive director of the Kennedy Center. The president made the announcement in his Truth Social account, where he claimed his replacement would be Matt Floca. In this way, he deepened Grenell’s fall within the Trump Administration, where he went from being considered for Secretary of State to being removed from his last cultural post. Read more
Trump Shares Vision for Renovated Kennedy Center and Names New Director After Announcing Its Surprise Closure for 2 Years
The cultural center has struggled with declining audiences, artist cancellations and key staff departures since Trump took over last yearDonald Trump; rendering of the Trump Kennedy CenterCredit: Heather Diehl/Getty; Donald Trump/Truth SocialNEED TO KNOWPresident Donald Trump unveiled new renderings of his proposed redesign of the Kennedy Center and said Richard Grenell would step down as executive directorThe Kennedy Center has faced substantia…
Trump Kennedy Center’s new leader revealed as Ric Grenell exits top role
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Ric Grenell’s successor as the president of the Trump Kennedy Center was revealed Friday afternoon after President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to make the announcement. The change will officially be announced on Monday as the Trump Kennedy Center’s board meets to officially suspend its activities and launch construction efforts. Grenell, who has a background in foreign policy and assumed control …
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