Donald Trump’s Kennedy Center chief has furiously denied a report that board meetings at the D.C. arts venue now resemble Cabinet-style praise sessions for the president.
Trump, 79, took over as chair of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts board this year and installed loyalist Ric Grenell, 59, as interim president after ousting longtime boss Deborah Rutter. Trump has also hinted at the possibility of renaming the venue after himself.
But a CNN article published on Sunday has given a glimpse behind the curtain about what goes on during Kennedy Center board meetings attended by Trump.
CNN White House reporter Betsy Klein quotes one attendee as saying that they “now mirror Trump Cabinet meetings, with members going around the room to ‘talk about how great and visionary the

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