Donald Trump has revealed the recipients of the 2025 Kennedy Middle Honors, or as he’s dubbed it, “the GREAT NOMINEES for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER AWARDS.”
The checklist of honorees embody nation singer George Strait, onerous rock legends KISS, Rocky star Sylvester Stallone, Broadway actor Michael Crawford, and disco legend Gloria Gaynor.
The 2025 Kennedy Middle Honors will happen in December and air on CBS. Trump stated that he was requested to host the occasion, apparently on the behest of the Kennedy Middle’s board. “I didn’t need to do it, however they’re going to say I insisted—I didn’t insist,” Trump defined whereas saying this yr’s honorees. “However I feel it will likely be fairly profitable. I used to host The Apprentice finales, and we did slightly properly with that.”
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Trump notably skipped attending the Kennedy Middle Honors throughout his first time period; nevertheless, throughout the first six months of his second time period, he’s taken an curiosity in shaping America’s premiere cultural establishment in his likeness. Weeks into his second time period, he fired dozens of board members and appointed himself as chair, whereas additionally decreeing the Middle to e-book “non-woke” programming. The constructing itself has additionally renovations aimed toward restoring its “status and grandeur.”
With the Kennedy Middle Honors, the annual award given to artists for his or her lifetime contributions to American Tradition, Trump beforehand expressed a want to to acknowledge candidates who’re “barely extra Conservative,” including that, “There are folks on the market that might not be thought-about which can be a lot larger stars than those that had been [previously] being honored.”
Final yr’s Kennedy Middle Honors included Francis Ford Coppola, Grateful Useless, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval, and the Apollo Theater.