Trump II, the digital Caligula, just usurped Carlyle Group co-founder and Declaration Partners founder David Rubenstein with his social media post that he intends to install himself as Chairman of the Kennedy Center and replace the current board.
This move came after budget meetings with Congressional Reds. Trump declared he would eliminate private equity's preferred "carried interest" taxation.
The man likes to piss on people. To my surprise he aimed his stream on a number of his fellow billionaires. I expected Trump to crap on his "near peers" at some point, just not this early.
Update 2-9-25: Elon Musk and J.D. Vance usurped the power of the judiciary as a co-equal branch of government tasked with making legal judgements.
Update 2-11-25: Trump ranted about Kennedy Center programs/offerings but revealed he'd never attended anything there. Is he mad because he never got a Kennedy Center honor?
Trump named Richard Grenell Interim Executive Director.
Update 2-12-25: CNN reported:
Newly announced members of the center’s board include second lady Usha Vance; top Trump aides Dan Scavino and Sergio Gor; chief of staff Susie Wiles; and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s wife, Allison Lutnick.The new board promptly elected Trump chairman, as instructed by the Donarch.
