President Donald Trump hosted the annual Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday and praised Sylvester Stallone , Kiss , Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, the slate of honorees he helped choose, as being “legendary in so many ways.”

“Billions and billions of people have watched them over the years,” Trump, the first president to command the stage, said to open the show.

The Republican president said the artists, recognized with tribute performances during the show, are “among the greatest artists and actors, performers, musicians, singers, songwriters ever to walk the face of the Earth.”

President Donald Trump hosted the annual Kennedy Center Honors on Sunday and praised Sylvester Stallone , Kiss , Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford and George Strait, the slate of honore

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