On his go to to the Kennedy Heart this afternoon, the humanities establishment’s new chairman of the board, President Donald Trump, was requested by a reporter why it was so necessary for him to spend his time with the venue and on its lineup.
“You’ve gotten a lot in your plate. Why come right here at this time?” the reporter requested.
Trump answered, “This represents an important a part of D.C., and really our nation, and I feel it’s necessary to ensure that our nation is nice form and is represented properly. When folks take a look at this — I’ve been listening to for a very long time that they arrive right here, they usually’re disillusioned after they come right here. We would like them to be excited.”
Simply a few weeks into his presidency, Trump seized management of the Kennedy Heart and ensured that he was named chairman. He grew to become the primary president to take action, placing him able to not solely have a say in its programming, however doubtlessly who might be chosen relating to the annual Kennedy Heart Honors.
Trump weighed in on the Kennedy Heart alternatives, which he has beforehand labeled too woke. After his takeover, quite a lot of artists have canceled reveals, together with the producers of Hamilton, due for a run subsequent yr.
“I by no means preferred ‘Hamilton’ very a lot,” Trump mentioned. “I by no means preferred it. However we’re going to have some actually good reveals. Come right here and watch it, and you will notice over a time period it would enhance very vastly bodily, and we’re going to get some superb reveals. The factor that does properly as Broadway hits.”
The Kennedy Heart, as Trump famous, already has some on its schedule, in place since earlier than the takeover. That features Les Misérables.
Trump complained of the bodily construction of the Kennedy Heart, in addition to an growth that was made lately.
“They constructed these rooms that no person’s going to make use of, rooms underground, and I’ve usually questioned, what are the large cubes they’ve outdoors that block the view?” Trump mentioned. He additionally complained that the columns that entrance the middle are “imagined to be lined by one thing, whether or not it’s marble or granite or no matter. Deliver it into extra trendy occasions.”
He additionally complained of union guidelines on the heart.
“Lee Greenwood needed to sing slightly tune at this time, and due to the associated fee within the union construction for him to sing a tune only for the board, simply the board assembly, it was going to value $30,000. They needed $30,000 simply to maneuver a piano. So you may’t have that.”
