{"id":21728,"date":"2026-03-14T16:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/leadership-shakeup-at-trump-kennedy-center-as-major-renovations-loom\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:14:42","slug":"leadership-shakeup-at-trump-kennedy-center-as-major-renovations-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/14\/leadership-shakeup-at-trump-kennedy-center-as-major-renovations-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership Shakeup At Trump-Kennedy Center As Major Renovations Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative\" data-narration-container=\"true\">\n<p>Former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell is stepping down as CEO and executive director of the Trump-Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n<p>Matt Floca, the current vice president of facilities operations, will replace Grenell, subject to approval by the board of directors, President Donald Trump said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116223780884576729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on Truth Social.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRic Grenell has done an excellent job in helping to coordinate various elements of the Center during the transition period, and I want to thank him for the outstanding work he has done,\u201d Trump said in the post.<\/p>\n<p>The change in leadership comes as Trump announced last month that the center will close for two years for extensive renovations beginning after July 4, The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-proposes-plan-to-shut-down-rebranded-trump-kennedy-center-promises-spectacular-result?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Proposes+Plan+To+Shut+Down+Rebranded+Trump-Kennedy+Center%2C+Promises+%E2%80%98Spectacular%E2%80%99+Result\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER will be, at its completion, the finest facility of its kind anywhere in the World!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He posted renderings of the renovations to Truth Social yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"truthsocial-embed\" style=\"max-width:100%;border:0\" src=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/116223100937937927\/embed\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display:inline-block;width:0px;overflow:hidden;line-height:0\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Grenell has led the Trump-Kennedy Center for more than a year after Trump overhauled the board and took over as chair. His departure, first reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/03\/13\/grenell-kennedy-center-president-renovation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>, comes as the center has received backlash after changing its lineup, which included ending drag shows for children.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Philip Glass announced he was canceling the premiere of his latest symphony, scheduled for June, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-kennedy-center-reacts-to-latest-cancellation-no-place-for-politics-in-the-arts?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump-Kennedy+Center+Reacts+To+Latest+Cancellation%3A+%E2%80%98No+Place+For+Politics+In+The+Arts%E2%80%99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. The composer said the leadership of the center conflicted with the themes of the symphony, which is about Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>Roma Daravi, a spokeswoman for the Trump-Kennedy Center, told The Daily Wire that the center aims for unity and celebration of the arts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have no place for politics in the arts, and those calling for boycotts based on politics are making the wrong decision,\u201d Daravi said. \u201cWe have not canceled a single show. Leftist activists are pushing artists to cancel but the public wants artists to perform and create\u2014not cancel under pressure from political insiders that benefit from creating division.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In December, the board voted to change the center\u2019s name to The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, causing mass uproar from leftists.<\/p>\n<p>Artists have canceled shows before and after the name change. Jazz musician Chuck Redd was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-kennedy-center-hits-musician-with-1m-lawsuit-for-anti-trump-political-stunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">criticized<\/a> for canceling his Christmas Eve performance days before it was supposed to take place. The center said they would seek $1 million in damages for the abrupt cancellation, as The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-kennedy-center-hits-musician-with-1m-lawsuit-for-anti-trump-political-stunt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was clear there would be changes to the center when he took over as chairman of the board, writing at the time, \u201cNO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leadership-shakeup-at-trump-kennedy-center-as-major-renovations-loom\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell is stepping down as CEO and executive director of the Trump-Kennedy Center. Matt Floca, the current vice president of facilities operations, will replace Grenell, subject to approval by the board of directors, President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social. \u201cRic Grenell has done an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21729,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-21728","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-current-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}