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ARTS UNDER SIEGE: In a MASSIVE CULTURAL EXODUS, the historic Washington National Opera is FLEEING the newly christened Trump-Kennedy Center, a stunning abandonment that exposes a DEEPENING CHASM between the Trump administration and America’s elite artistic institutions.
While the Center’s Trump-appointed brass BLAME “financial strain,” insiders report a FAR DARKER TRUTH: a chilling, politically charged purge of legacy arts organizations that REFUSE to bow to the new political reality. This isn’t just a contract termination; it’s the CANARY IN THE COAL MINE for the future of American culture under this administration.
The 53-year resident of the Kennedy Center is now SCRAMBLING for independence, with board members RESIGNING in protest. The official statement’s talk of an “amicable” split is a TRANSPARENT FACADE, a hollow cover for what sources describe as a HOSTILE TAKEOVER of one of the nation’s most sacred cultural landmarks.
New signage for The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center For The Performing Arts was unveiled at the Kennedy Center Dec. 19, 2025. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
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Center Vice President Roma Daravi DARED to claim the split opens doors to “world-class opera” from Asia, a REVEALING comment that critics are blasting as proof of a plan to REPLACE established American arts with more compliant, international acts. This is NOT about fiscal responsibility; it’s a DELIBEREATE ideological cleansing.
“Our audiences will now have more options than ever,” Daravi stated, a line that rings HOLLOW as one of America’s premier opera companies is SHOWN THE DOOR. The message from the administration is now CRYSTAL CLEAR: conform or be CANCELLED.
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Demonstrators hold up signs at a designated protest point in front of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, a day after a Trump-appointed board voted to add President Donald Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center Dec. 20, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)
The gutting of American cultural heritage is happening in BROAD DAYLIGHT, disguised as a business decision. The final, haunting note of this opera of power is a warning: no institution, no matter how revered, is safe from the relentless march of political conquest.
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President Trump and first lady Melania Trump at a Kennedy Center Honors event. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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