President Donald Trump has announced that the Kennedy Center Honors will be presented to Sylvester Stallone, Michael Crawford, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor and the rock band KISS.
Breaking with tradition, he will also present the show honoring the nation's highest-achieving artists. After returning to office, Trump fired the president and most of the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and took on the role of director, a move that was criticized as political interference in the arts.
On Wednesday, he said he plans to completely renovate the federally funded center. Trump said he was "98 percent involved" in selecting this year's artists, adding that it was very difficult.
Trump promised that as president he would turn the Kennedy Center into "a crown jewel" of arts and culture, in time for the 2026 celebrations of America's 250th anniversary.
(BalkanWeb)
