Ā Ā Ā Ā Earlier this week, President Trump was anointed chairman of the Kennedy Centerās board of trusteesābut only after firing all of the Democratic appointees on the board and handpicking their replacements to join the remaining half of the board (all Republican appointees), bucking the decades-long norm of a bipartisan Kennedy Center board. After this new, entirely Republican-appointed slate of trustees voted him in, he posted, āIt is a Great Honor to be Chairman of The Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees.ā Then he fired the Kennedy Centerās president and installed someone loyal to him to run the Center.