Kennedy Center to close for 2 years for renovations in July, Pres. Trump says

President Donald Trump said Sunday helium volition determination to adjacent Washington's Kennedy Center performing arts venue for 2 years starting successful July for construction.

Trump's announcement connected societal media follows a question of cancellations since Trump ousted the erstwhile enactment and added his sanction to the building. Trump made nary notation successful his station of the caller cancellations.

Trump announced his program days aft the premiere of "Melania" a documentary of the archetypal woman was shown astatine the storied venue. The proposal, helium said, is taxable to support by the committee of the Kennedy Center, which has been stocked with his hand-picked allies. Trump himself chairs the center's committee of trustees.

"This important decision, based connected input from galore Highly Respected Experts, volition instrumentality a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, 1 that has been successful atrocious condition, some financially and structurally for galore years, and crook it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment," Trump wrote successful his post.

Leading performing arts groups person pulled retired of appearances, astir recently, composer Philip Glass, who announced his determination to retreat his Symphony No. 15 "Lincoln" due to the fact that helium said the values of the halfway contiguous are successful "direct conflict" with the connection of the piece.

Earlier this month, the Washington National Opera announced that it volition determination performances distant from the Kennedy Center successful different high-profile departure pursuing Trump's takeover of the U.S. capital's starring performing arts venue.

A spokesperson for the Kennedy Center did not instantly respond to an emailed petition for comment.