President Donald Trump wants to lavish his personal friends with Kennedy Center Honors, after parachuting himself into the hot seat at the cultural mecca. Earlier this month, Trump, who reportedly also privately railed against the center’s perceived focus on liberal artists,

After mostly steering clear of the national cultural center during his first term, Trump has moved quickly to take control as he returns to office.

President Donald Trump proceeded with an overhaul of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, becoming chairman of the organization and firing its president, Deborah Rutter. The Kennedy Center said in a statement that its board of trustees,