President Donald Trump announced his intention to appoint himself chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The org says it has 'received no official communications' about Trump's plan.

President Donald Trump says he is firing members of the board of trustees for the Kennedy Center and naming himself chairman.

The president announced Friday that he would remove multiple board members, including the Chairman, who do not share his vision for a "Golden Age in Arts and Culture."

Trump did not attend prominent events during his administration. The move comes as his directives have begun to force changes at Washington’s cultural institutions.

President Donald Trump announced that he would install himself as David Rubenstein’s successor as chairman of the Kennedy Center.

The president had an at-times contentious relationship with Washington's iconic theater during his first term.

President Donald Trump announced his plans to gut the board of trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.

The president intends to replace members of the institution’s board as he adopts a more aggressive approach toward the arts.

The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.