Donald Trump added another job title – awards host – to his presidential portfolio on Sunday when he took charge of the Kennedy Center Honors in Washington, claiming his show was getting “rave reviews” even before it ended.

The US president stayed away from the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts during his first term. But since returning to office in January, he has made the complex a lightning rod in a broader attack against what he has branded “woke” anti-American culture.

“This is the greatest evening in the history of the Kennedy Center – not even a contest,” Trump said with evident relish from behind a presidential lectern at centre stage. “There has never been anything like it and the show is already getting rave reviews.

“Now I will say that I guarantee the fake ne

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