How Donald Trump Conquered the Kennedy Center, Just to Shutter It

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President Donald Trump last year successfully wrestled control of the U.S. Capital’s dominant performing arts stage with unheard-of efficiency. He ousted its leader, installed a loyalist at the helm, made himself the chairman of its reconstituted board, scrambled its programming calendar, alienated cultural leaders, exiled its resident opera company, declared...