The newly constituted board of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has elected President Donald Trump as its chairman.

"It is a great honor to be chairman of the Kennedy Center, especially with this amazing Board of Trustees. We will make the Kennedy Center a very special and exciting place!" Trump said.

Donald Trump has been elected chairman of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the organization’s longtime president, Deborah F. Rutter, has reportedly been fired. The U.S. president is ...