After announcing plans last weekto gut the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, President Trump was officially elected chairman of the arts and culture hub Wednesday by a board made up largely of his new appointees.

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.

President Trump says he’s now the chair of the Kennedy Center following a vote by its board after, in an unprecedented move, he named himself to the position. “It is a Great Honor to