Trump announced that former acting DNI director Richard Grenell would lead the Kennedy Center. Board members received termination letters and their names were removed from the center’s website.

President Donald Trump named foreign policy adviser and loyalist Richard Grenell interim executive director of the Kennedy Center on Monday, days after appointing himself chair, solidifying his control over the iconic American cultural institution.

The president also purged 18 board members appointed by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who were scrubbed from an official roster on the center’s website, along with the chairman, David M. Rubenstein.

President Donald Trump said on Monday that special U.S. envoy Richard Grenell will serve as the interim executive director of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington after announcing plans on Friday to shake up its board.

Grenell has been tapped for a number of positions during Trump's two administrations. He is currently serving as presidential envoy for special missions. He was most recently in Venezuela, where he secured the release of six American citizens detained in the country after he met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.

Arts administrator in chief: President Trump announced he would install Richard Grenell as the Kennedy Center’s interim executive director yesterday. The Kennedy Center doesn’t have an executive director position,

President Trump on Monday named Richard Grenell, his envoy for special missions, the interim executive director of the Kennedy Center days after he named himself chair of a new board. “I am