The nation’s arts community is suddenly aflutter with apprehension, doubt, and some mild public protests over President Donald Trump’s recent decision to overhaul the leadership of Washington, D.C.’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. In a flash decision announced on Feb. 7, Trump availed himself of heretofore unused presidential powers to fire the arts complex’s chairman, the philanthropist David Rubenstein, who had served in that role since 2010, and dismiss board members appointed by former President Joe Biden.
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