President Donald Trump hosted the Kennedy Center’s leadership, reinforcing how much time he’s devoting to remaking one of the nation’s premier cultural centers in a larger effort to ideologically and socially overhaul the nation’s arts scene.

President Donald Trump kicked off a Monday dinner for the Kennedy Center board with a dig at their own organization. “What a group of good friends,” Trump said of Kennedy Center’s leadership as he took the podium at the White House event.

President Trump on Monday delivered remarks to members of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, which Trump drastically overhauled earlier this year as he sought to put his stamp on the performing