In leaked audio obtained by CNN, Donald Trump told the new Kennedy Center board that 'we made the presidency hot' and will make the cultural institution 'hot' too. The call came less than a week after

The president solidified his grip on the performing arts complex as the center’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, was fired.

The Kennedy Center's board voted unanimously to elect President Trump to be its new chair Wednesday afternoon, as the president reshapes the center's governing body and performances, moving away from what he views as "woke culture,