Trump Got What He Wanted From the Kennedy Center Honors
For better or worse, the show won’t be able to feature artists who reject him.
Janay Kingsberry
Janay Kingsberry is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She previously worked at The Washington Post, Politico, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. She can be reached on Signal at janaykingsberry.29.
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