(NEXSTAR) – President Donald Trump, embracing his new role as chairman of the Kennedy Center, announced the recipients of its annual awards on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Kennedy Center, Trump also discussed his plans to renovate the building.

Trump opened his remarks by joking that he, himself, had always wanted to be honored by the Kennedy Center. He then announcing the upcoming honorees: country artist George Strait; English actor and veteran stage performer Michael Crawford; disco icon Gloria Gaynor; the members of the rock band KISS; and Hollywood actor Sylvester Stallone.

"The only one that's a bigger name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, they say … [is] Donald Trump," the president remarked of Stallone.

Trump had avoided the Kennedy Center Honors awards program during his first ter

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