{"id":11390,"date":"2026-03-14T00:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/trump-kennedy-centers-new-leader-revealed-as-ric-grenell-exits-top-role\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T00:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T00:01:21","slug":"trump-kennedy-centers-new-leader-revealed-as-ric-grenell-exits-top-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/trump-kennedy-centers-new-leader-revealed-as-ric-grenell-exits-top-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Kennedy Center’s new leader revealed as Ric Grenell exits top role"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ric Grenell’s successor as the president of the Trump Kennedy Center was revealed Friday afternoon after President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to make the announcement.<\/p>\n

The change will officially be announced on Monday as the Trump Kennedy Center\u2019s board meets to officially suspend its activities and launch construction efforts.<\/p>\n

Grenell, who has a background in foreign policy and assumed control of the center in February of last year in addition to his special envoy role, is being replaced by Matt Floca, the Trump Kennedy Center\u2019s current vice president of facilities operations.<\/p>\n

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A person familiar with Grenell\u2019s thinking said the transition was a result of the construction-focused shift for the organization and consistent with plans President Donald Trump <\/a>outlined in posts to social media at the beginning of February.<\/p>\n

“I have determined that the fastest way to bring the Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of success, beauty and grandeur is to cease entertainment operations for an approximately two-year period of time,” Trump said in a post to Truth Social<\/a> last month.<\/p>\n

The source added that the change in the Trump Kennedy Center\u2019s leadership is reflective of the organization\u2019s focus for the time being.<\/p>\n

“I mean the whole thing is turning into a construction zone,” the source said. “It\u2019s going to be a construction zone and [Ric is] not a construction guy.”<\/p>\n

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Trump also highlighted Floca\u2019s new appointment online.<\/p>\n

“As Vice President of Operations, Matt has helped us achieve tremendous progress in bringing the Center to the highest level of Excellence! A Complete Reconstruction of THE TRUMP KENNEDY CENTER will begin after the July 4th Celebration,” Trump wrote.<\/a><\/p>\n

He went on to praise Grenell’s performance in the executive role, saying, “Ric Grenell has done an excellent job in helping to coordinate various elements of the Center during the transition period, and I want to thank him for the outstanding work he has done.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The renovations are slated to cost $257 million, according to figures approved by Congress in Trump\u2019s signature Big Beautiful Bill<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

Grenell declined to respond to inquiries about what his next role would be.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

– FOX NEWS<\/p>\n

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