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Trump became the first sitting president to host the Kennedy Center Honors, taking the stage to praise Stallone, Kiss, Gaynor, Crawford and Strait.

The president has weaponized the center against what he calls “woke” culture, ousting leadership, controlling the board and securing $250 million for renovations.

He rejected roughly 45 of 50 potential honorees as “too woke,” yet some honorees, including Kiss members, have been openly critical of Trump.

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors 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 wa

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