Richard Grenell, the Kennedy Center's interim executive director appointed by President Trump following an unprecedented overhaul, says diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs are among the "common sense" cuts being made at the performing arts hub.

"What my management is doing for the Kennedy Center is going through every department, questioning the number of people and the mission for each department, and trying to get us refocused on a common sense mission: bringing arts and entertainment to the Kennedy Center that actually sell tickets," Grenell said in an interview with the Washington Reporter published Wednesday.

"We had spent way too much on programming that doesn't bring in any revenue. And while I'm all for arts education, we can't go into debt to do arts education; my solution is to bring in common sense programming that brings in enough money to use that money........

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