"We'll make it great again," Trump said during the stop, which included a tour of the facility. "I'm very disappointed when I look around. The bottom line: It has tremendous potential." Trump's visit came after some acts ‒ including actress Issa Rae and the Broadway hit "Hamilton" ‒ canceled upcoming performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington in response to Trump's takeover.

U.S. President Donald Trump visited the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday for the first time since making himself its new chairman, threatening to shutter an expensive new addition and describing the marble Washington landmark as being in "tremendous disrepair.