WASHINGTON — As the new chairman of the Kennedy Center , President Donald Trump added a highly personal stamp to this year's announcement of the recipients of the annual honors, whom he named as country music star George Strait, "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawford.

Instead of the Kennedy Center revealing the names through a news release as usual, Trump announced the honorees himself during a Wednesday news conference at the site, where he was flanked by American flags and photo stands for each of the entertainers that initially were covered by red drapes.

Unlike in his first term, when he didn't even attend the honors ceremony, he announced that he would be hosting it later this year and that he was deeply involve

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