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Kennedy Center Hit by Biggest Departure Yet After Trump Takeover

Following the publication of a report from The New York Times on Friday night revealing that the Washington National Opera will be leaving the Kennedy Center, members of the Trump administration immediately began scrambling to reframe the news as not only a positive, but their idea.

Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi, who has been hard at work lashing out at artists for cancelling scheduled performances at the once-revered venue, posted a statement to X claiming that the center’s relationship with the opera group has “presented ongoing financial challenges for well over a decade” that “long predate the current leadership.”

President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the State Department Kennedy Center Honors medal presentation dinner at the U.S. Department of State on December 06, 2025 in Washington, DC. / Aaron Schwartz / Getty Images

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