It’s official. Donald Trump will host the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors – Washington’s annual black-tie celebration of artistic achievement.
In previous years, occupants of the White House simply attended the event in the building named after President John F Kennedy.
Earlier this year, the US president sacked the board and installed himself as chairman and is threatening to put his own name on the door.
“GREAT nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY Center, whoops, I mean KENNEDY CENTER AWARDS…” he posted on his Truth Social platform.
Vowing that the show will be “non-woke”, he announced this year’s nominees – a stroll through Trump’s cultural sweet spot:
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But there’s something Americans might have missed – the character who made Michael Crawford a household name back home: Frank Spencer.
The star of the sitcom “Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em” was endlessly optimistic but completely hapless, and oblivious to his own incompetence.
Revealing that he would host the awards himself, just two days before he hosts Vladimir Putin, is quintessential Trump, the prime-time president.
But “Ooh Betty,” as Frank Spencer would say, when Donald Trump extols Michael Crawford, an icon of slapstick comedy, the script writes itself.
