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Trump may present Kennedy awards himself

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Trump may present Kennedy awards himself

The NY Times has obtained an audio recording of President Trump’s first board meeting at the Kennedy Center.

During the board meeting Mr. Trump floated the idea of hosting the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony himself… “The king of ratings, whether we like or not, the king of ratings,” Mr. Trump told the board, referring to himself. He added: “If you announced that, every network will start bidding on it, going crazy, for whatever reason, that’s the way it is.”

Read on here.

The Kennedy Center will go down as Trump’s first annexation. Canada had better watch out.

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