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Trump will visit the Kennedy Center on the day honorees are announced

President Trump, now chairman, personally announces 2025 Kennedy Center Honors amid efforts to reshape the institution and $257 million in planned renovations, officials said.

  • In a Truth Social post Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump announced the Kennedy Center Honors recipients would be revealed tomorrow, catching staff off guard.
  • Earlier this year, President Donald Trump replaced the Kennedy Center board with loyalists and fired its president, then named himself chairman.
  • In a Truth Social post Tuesday, Trump teased a name change for the Kennedy Center and said `Tremendous work is being done, and money being spent, on bringing it back to the absolute TOP LEVEL of luxury, glamour, and entertainment`.
  • The board overhaul has drawn criticism from some artists, and House Republicans introduced an amendment to rename the Kennedy Center's Opera House after First Lady Melania Trump.
  • With honorees to be unveiled, it is unclear how this year's batch of honorees were chosen, though President Donald Trump indicated he wanted a more active role, and they will be announced Wednesday.
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npr broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, August 12, 2025.
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