Trump to Follow in Colbert’s Footsteps With Kennedy Center Honors Hosting Gig

Donald Trump is set to pick up where Stephen Colbert left off when he hosts the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors this December.

It will mark the first time a president has hosted the event. In recent years, the black-tie ceremony has been emceed by Queen Latifah, Gloria Estefan, and—from 2014–2016—Colbert.

Earlier this year, Trump appointed himself Chairman of the Kennedy Center Board of Trustees, removing previously appointed board members, including the chair and president.

At a Wednesday press conference unveiling this year’s slate of what he termed “non-woke” honorees—Michael Crawford, Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, and the rock band KISS—Trump revealed he’d be hosting the event, claiming he initially told staffers he didn’t want the job. “I said: ‘I’m the president of the United States! Are you fools asking me to do that?’ ‘Sir, you’ll get much higher ratings.’ I said: ‘I don’t care, I’m president of the United States. I won’t do it.’”

According to Trump, it was only after his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, intervened that he changed his mind. “I said, OK, Susie, I’ll do it. That’s the power she’s got. So I have agreed to… They’re going to say: ‘He insisted.’ I did not insist, but I think it will be quite successful actually. It’s been a long time. I used to host The Apprentice finales, and we did rather well with that.”

Trump previewed the announcement in a Truth Social post Tuesday night, writing, “GREAT Nominees for the TRUMP/KENNEDY CENTER, whoops, I mean, KENNEDY CENTER, AWARDS.”

The Kennedy Center Honors ceremony is traditionally taped in early December and aired later in the month. CBS will broadcast this year’s event, Trump on the same network as one of his chief late-night nemeses.

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  1. The Host from the West Coast says:

    “You fools”?

    Yeah, that conversation only happened in his head. Can’t wait to hear about this trainwreck.

    1. mac30 says:

      exactly what Seth Meyers pointed out last night, a conversation that never happend

  2. Victor the Crab says:

    It’ll be the mother of all shitshows! Drumpf can’t help but make a fucking fool of himself at whatever he does!

  3. Mark Anderson says:

    Thankfully the new owners of CBS are more welcoming to Republicans than the prior owners.

    1. mac30 says:

      more than welcoming, on their knees (with a check by the zipper)

      1. Mark Anderson says:

        Considering the bias CBS has done against Republicans for decades, a welcome start and change.

        Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Scott Baio, Dean Cain, Bo Derek, Jon Voight, and Sydney Sweeney rumored to be attending and honored.

        About time too!

      2. Victor the Crab says:

        Yeah, it’s about time the Kennedy Center honored hack losers nobody likes, like kiddie raper, Nugent, scuzzbag Baio, and ICEhole Dean Cain, who needs the job because he owes hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxes to the government!

        Those are your people Easy Mark! Unlovable losers!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      3. Mark Anderson says:

        Still better than the whore Kamala, right Victor the KKK….our resident Canadian racist that wants to lynch Arsenio Hall.

      4. Victor the Crab says:

        Still lamely trying to slap a racist tag on me, retarded cunt? How lame on your part! All you’ve shown here is that you’re a god damned stupid fuck that can’t carry an intelligent conversation without throwing your stupid shit around as a form of rebuttal!

        You have nothing, except your childish insults, retard!

        You are so fucking lame, loser!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      5. Mark Anderson says:

        We know you hate Arsenio Hall and other Black people, Victor the KKK. Step out of lily-white Canada for a while and your horrible racism might change. We can only hope.

        Otherwise, Victor the KKK, what about Arsenio Hall do you hate about most? His hair, lips, complexion, or all three?

        Confront your racism Victor.

      6. Victor the Crab says:

        I used to watch Arsenio when he was on. Lost interest as it went along, and finally quit when he brought out Farrakan. If you think that makes me a racist, then you’re an even bigger retard than anyone, including you, can imagine!

        You accuse me of racism, when you obviously slobber all over that racist piece of shit in the White House! You cheer when ICE goons round up Americans who are born here, yet get pissy when that racist cop that killed George Floyd is thrown in prison for that crime!

        You project your own racism on to me, rather than take a real good look at your ignorant hate filled self! You are so sad and pathetic, the way you lead your life!

        You think I get upset over an obvious racist piece of shit like you calling ME a racist? Bitchole, I just laugh at your pathetic empty attempts to get under my skin! I actually look forward in seeing what stupid whiny assed responses entail, as they are humorous in your sad attempts at acting alpha!

        Keep on crying harder for me, bitchface!🖕😈🖕

      7. Mark Anderson says:

        How can you be a fan of Arsenio and then say Carson had no competition? Your racist lie are catching up with you Victor the KKK. Your hatred of Arsenio and deletion of his accomplishments makes you worse than Jim Crow.

        If you hate Arsenio because of Farrakhan, then you must hate Obama because of Farrakhan too, correct Victor the KKK?

        Victor, why do hate non-whites so much? Your ilk wants to make Canada White-Only and you’re leading the lynch mobs.

      8. Victor the Crab says:

        Hey everyone, look at the crybaby cunt, Mark Anderson, trying lamely and desperately to slap racist tags on me, because it’s a loser retard that can’t think for itself! Let’s all point at that thing and laugh at it!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      9. Victor the Crab says:

        “How you be fan of Arsenio den say Carson no competition? You am racist cuz me sed so! You worse den Jim Crow who friend of mine.

        You hate Arsenio cuz Farrakhan, den you hate Obama cuz Farrakhan too cuz me say so cuz me hate Victor so much cuz he big meenie to me!

        Victor hate non-whites so much cuz me say so! He no make Canada White-Only cuz me call him out cuz me am smart like Drumpf who love the blacks and he no racist!”

        That’s how you fucking come across here, retard!

      10. Victor the Crab says:

        Hey bitchole! You accuse me of being a racist, yet your precious Republicans are the ones trying to redraw the electoral map in Texas in order to eliminate five black dominated districts! Because they want to strip black Americans of their rights and remove them from positions of power!

        Look at what that racist cunt Hegseth is doing trying to ban black Americans from entering the military and trying to scrub all the records and accomplishments black soldiers have done for their country. All by people who couldn’t hold a candle to those they’re trying to eliminate!

        You claim to love and support blacks? Then clean up your own backyard, cunt! Try and change the minds of your fellow Republicans, or else you’ll be labeled a lying hypocrite!

        Understand, toddler?

      11. Mark Anderson says:

        We know you are racist Victor the KKK, the Canadian Bull Conor that hates Arsenio Hall and says he doesn’t exist. Shame on you Adolph the Crab.

        Which 5 black-dominated districts? Can you name them? You can’t because you’re a lair.

        What you can’t lie about is your racist lily-white Canadian upbringing.

        And remember, MLK was a Republican.

      12. Victor the Crab says:

        Hey retard! Can you come up with other ways to try and insult me? You’re quite lame and pathetic trying to hang the racist tag on me! You’re just a lame bunghole, bitchole!

      13. Mark Anderson says:

        Of course MLK was a Republican, hated KKK Democrats.

        Now, where are those 5-Black districts that you said were being eliminated?

        Or are you lying again Victor the KKK?

      14. Victor the Crab says:

        I’m not lying, retarded asswipe! You’re just too fucking stupid to understand facts! So you try and come here to spread your “alternate facts” ie, lying, like any racist Drumpf licking stooge does, in the lame hopes of seeing me cry, only to have people look at you like the fucking retard you’ve always been!

        Sucks being you MAGA filth, biitchole!

        Tissue?

      15. Mark Anderson says:

        Keep your tissues to yourself because you’re probably jerking off to KKK Democrats like Robert Byrd, and Jefferson Davis.

        Now, you lied about 5-Black districts being eliminated because you were asked and your racist white Canadian ass refuses to do so….

        Perhaps you want to eliminate Black people like Arsenio Hall to justify your racist fantasies of society being only white like Canada.

        So, again, which 5 Black districts are being eliminated? No need to lie again.

      16. Victor the Crab says:

        You are so fucking god damned stupid, bitch! You keep saying the same stupid shit, over and over again, hoping I’m going to be upset by your comments, only to get laughed into that stupid face of yours! Your lack of education combined with your bigoted, racist beliefs make you post the same stupid shit over and over again!

        A normal person would feel shame about what they say and post!

        You are nowheres near normal, pedophile!

      17. Victor the Crab says:

        So bitchole, how soon are you gonna respond to me, with your usual boring retarded attacks that aren’t reality based? I’ve noticed you respond to me within the hour of my responses to you! It’s as if you just sit around on your fat ass all day doing nothing!

        You probably can’t go anywheres, on account of a court order that has you under house arrest so that you don’t go out to prey on little boys you wanna skullfuck!

        Because that’s what it is! You’re a degenerate pedophile, like your Dear Leader Drumpf and every Republican minded person.

        You’re a sick, twisted fuck that needs to be beaten horribly!👿👿👿👿👿

      18. Mark Anderson says:

        Victor the KKK now inciting violence?

        Victor, our racist Canadian already wants violence against the few Blacks living in Canada, wants Arsenio Hall beaten and now other brown people beaten.

        Victor, why do you hate Black people so much? Oh wait, because you’re a DemocRAT racist like Hitler.

      19. Victor the Crab says:

        Less than 30 minutes, you responded to me with the usual retarded bullshit we’ve come to expect from you, retard!

        Seriously, that is not a good look for you, pedophile!

      20. Mark Anderson says:

        It’s “fewer” not less you racist idiot.

        Again, which 5-Black Districts are being eliminated? Be specific with your racist lies.

      21. Victor the Crab says:

        Now, you’re just making shit up to attack me!

        You really are a fucking retard, arent ya, you pedophile?

      22. Victor the Crab says:

        You do understand that ‘less’ and ‘fewer’ are the same thing, right?

        No?

        My god, pedo, but you’re a fucking retard!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      23. Mark Anderson says:

        Fewer is meant for plural, like minutes.

        You are no further educated Victor the KKK.

        Let me educate you further: your murderous hatred toward Black people is wrong, and needs to be corrected ASAP.

        Also, which 5-Black districts were being eliminated again? LOL.

      24. Victor the Crab says:

        Is that what your god awful teacher in your underfunded school, taught you? You’re an even bigger retard than you let on?

        You’re too fucking stupid to teach anyone anything, retard!

        And when ar you going to stop raping little boys, you fucking pedophile!

      25. Mark Anderson says:

        Stop raping little boys? I’m not a typical gay homosexual man.

        Yes, you use fewer in reference to plural items.

        Like you have fewer than 3 brain cells combined due to your racism.

      26. Victor the Crab says:

        Gay men don’t rape little children, retarded pedo! Neither do drag queens, trans people, or anyone else in the LGBTQ community.

        You know who does? Right wing scum like you that worships a pedophile in Drumpf!

        Stop raping little children, you fucking pedophile!

      27. Mark Anderson says:

        Of course they do.

        Those Male Catholic priests raping altar boys are gay.

        NAMBLA – North American Man Love Association.

        You know, you’re a member and hate Black children.

      28. Victor the Crab says:

        Ah yes, more projection coming from a retarded loser like you with no fucking life, who feels he needs to throw out any word salad in order to declare victory!

        Stop fucking little boys, pedo!

      29. Mark Anderson says:

        Stop killing and want to enslave Black people, Victor the KKK.

        Arsenio Hall wants to live and not be murdered by you.

      30. Victor the Crab says:

        I don’t want Arsenio killed! It’s a racist pedophile like you putting words in my mouth, because you lack proper thinking skills!

        Stop raping little boys, pedo!

      31. Mark Anderson says:

        Of course you want Arsenio Hall killed.

        You even demanded FEWER Black people

        Victor the KKK, at heart a fascist racist from Canada.

      32. Victor the Crab says:

        You’re boring me, pedophile! You got fucking issues that need to be resolved, with some fists and boots to your face! Bye!

        And stop skullfucking little boys, pedophile!

      33. Mark Anderson says:

        We know you hate Black People, Victor the KKK.

        We know it. Canada knows it. Arsenio Hall knows it.

        Arsenio Hall being alive makes you so angry, why?

      34. Victor the Crab says:

        Who’s this “we” you’re talking about, cunt? Because only a racist retard, like you, would say something so fucking stupid, like that!

    2. User says:

      Somebody needs to get Mark and Victor in Johnny Carson’s old studio and have them brawl it out. I’m sure ol Johnny would be in hysterics seeing two keyboard warriors fighting like orangutans in a large, empty studio in Burbank.

    3. Victor the Crab says:

      Came back to see if you responded to me with your usual projecting bullshit, and you did!

      The funniest thing is, you actually take yourself seriously, cunt!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  4. mac30 says:

    utterly disgusting…he took one of the best TV event of the year and turned it into another of his self-serving bj’s

  5. Mark Anderson says:

    We know you are racist Victor the KKK, the Canadian Bull Conor that hates Arsenio Hall and says he doesn’t exist. Shame on you Adolph the Crab.

    Which 5 black-dominated districts? Can you name them? You can’t because you’re a lair.

    What you can’t lie about is your racist lily-white Canadian upbringing.

    And remember, MLK was a Republican.

    1. Victor the Crab says:

      Ladies and gentlemen! Gaze your eyes upwards, and marvel at the breathtaking stupidity of this Drumpf licking loser! Every rebuttal he makes is nothing but pure projectionism on his part!

      He says MLK was a Republican. Yet according to Britannica, he was never affiliated with any party, and voted for JFK in 1960 and LBJ in 1964. Some Republican he was!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      One wonders how that fucking loser can function in society!

      1. Mark Anderson says:

        Of course MLK was a Republican, hated KKK Democrats.

        Now, where are those 5-Black districts that you said were being eliminated?

        Or are you lying again Victor the KKK?

      2. Victor the Crab says:

        And now folks, we’ve come to the part where this fucking remorseless pedophile is copying and pasting the same shit again, because it can’t come up with anything intelligent to respond to me! Let’s all point at it and laugh at it, until he bursts into tears!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

      3. Mark Anderson says:

        Of course. MLK was a Republican. Why would he ever vote for the Democrat party, birth of the Confederacy, the KKK – no wonder a identified racist as Victor the KKK would love them

        They would also like to eliminate Blacks like Arsenio Hall, whom Victor the KKK hates with a passion.

      4. Victor the Crab says:

        No I don’t, retard! That’s just you putting words in my mouth again! You’re just projecting your own racism onto me, because you can’t think for yourself!

        Your own mommy wishes she aborted you when she had the chance! You so disappointed her the way you turned out!

      5. Mark Anderson says:

        Yes you do, Victor the KKK.

        You really hate Black people like Arsenio Hall and want him eliminated.

        Very bad Victor the KKK

        Also, which 5-Black districts were being eliminated? Please be specific with your lies.

      6. Victor the Crab says:

        I’ve noticed you’ve never responded to my calling you a pedophile!

        Why aren’t you outraged over that?

        Methinks it is you ARE a pedophile! Just like Dear Leader Drumpf!

        I think I’ve earned the right and privilege of beating the fucking shit out of you, you degenerate scum! Where do you live, so that I can come over and fucking cripple you for life!👿👿👿👿👿

      7. Mark Anderson says:

        That’s because we know Victor the KKK wants to kill Black children, especially Black children. And all Black people.

        Victor the KKK loves slavery and genocide of brown people – for shame!

      8. Victor the Crab says:

        You fucking pedophile in need of a crippling beatdown!

      9. Mark Anderson says:

        You want to cripple Black children, Victor the KKK.

        Very evil of you.

      10. Victor the Crab says:

        No I don’t want to cripple black children, retard! But you do, after you’ve raped them!

        You’ve never answered my questions about you, pedo! Why do you keep raping little children?

        Answer me now, cunt!

      11. Mark Anderson says:

        Of course you want to cripple young Black children, and then end them.

        You are a very racist Victor the KKK.

        Please seek help or jump off the CN Tower to make this world a better place.

        Thank you….from non-racist people everywhere.

      12. Victor the Crab says:

        Why do you continue raping little children. pedo?

      13. Mark Anderson says:

        Why do you want to lynch Black kids, Victor the KKK?

      14. Victor the Crab says:

        I don’t! Why do you skullfuck littl boys, you fucking pedophile that needs its head split open with a hockey stick?

      15. Mark Anderson says:

        Everybody here all know Victor the KKK wants to kill Black children, especially Black children. And all Black people.

        Please take some cyanide and think over your life!

      16. Victor the Crab says:

        They do? The only one accusing me of racism is you! A retarded projecting pedophile! because you lamely clutch that like Linus clutching his security blanket!

        Stop skullfucking little boys,, pedo!

      17. Mark Anderson says:

        We all know you hate Black people. Arsenio Hall knows. We all know Victor the KKK hates all brown people and wants only a white-only Canada and then the world.

        Victor the KKK needs to go to the CN Tower now and to the top and then do a dive and make this world a better place!

      18. Victor the Crab says:

        Same stupid boring retarded shit! Can’t you come up with something original, retard? Are you that fucking stupid?

        Stop raping little boys, retard!

      19. Mark Anderson says:

        Can you stop hating Black people, Victor the KKK?

        Have you even tried?

        If not, let Black Panthers know and they can administer justice on racist turds like yourself.

    2. Victor the Crab says:

      Can you stop projecting your racist shit onto others, cunt? You look so lame and stupid when you try to pull that shit!

  6. Victor the Crab says:

    Why the fuck do you care so much about people you hate, you skullfucking pedophile? You rightwing shitbags don’t care about black lives! You’d love nothing better than to round them up and lynch them all badly, like your own ancestors did! Or force them into the field to pick vegetables, like your ancestors forced them to pick cotton!

    I don’t need to answer myself to a retarded racist cunt like you bitch! Because you’re not a serious person at all!

    1. Mark Anderson says:

      Remember, it was Democrats like yourself Victor the KKK that kept slaves and now demand illegals to pick vegetables because you hate brown people so much.

      You really hate Black people like Arsenio Hall and want him eliminated.

      Very bad Victor the KKK

      1. Victor the Crab says:

        You skullfuck little boys because you’re a degenerate scumhole, like Drumpf!

        You deserve to be fucking beaten to a crippling pulp, scum!👿👿👿👿👿

    2. Mark Anderson says:

      Because of your hatred of Black people and wanting the genocide of all brown people (not just in Canada), Victor the KKK needs to be held accountable and be given a Nuremberg trial.

      Let us hope Victor the KKK and his racist brethren end up where they belong – like doing what Hitler did in that Berlin bunker so many years ago.

      1. Victor the Crab says:

        You are getting so fucking desperate, pedophile! You’re becoming more and more unhinged whenever you respond!

        Bet yer crying your stupid face off, retarded pedo!

      2. Mark Anderson says:

        Coming from a racist like yourself, your opinions are worth less that the bull excrement that is your brains. Please seek help for your racist body and mind, Victor the KKK, and than apologize to every Black person for your racism.

      3. Victor the Crab says:

        No, because I’m not a racist, like you claim! But you’re a pedophile, because you’ve never refuted my claims about you!

        Stop touching little boys junk, scum!

      4. Victor the Crab says:

        You call me a racist, I’ll call you a fucking pedophile! And that’ll stick more to you than anything you can throw at me, retard!

      5. Mark Anderson says:

        We know your racist Victor the KKK because you hate Black people like Arsenio Hall and want him gone.

        That’s what racist fascists like Victor the KKK want?

        Also, which 5-Black districts were being eliminated? Please be specific with your lies.

      6. Victor the Crab says:

        I’m not answering you! You’re a fucking retard that has no life, because you’re under house arrest for raping little boys!

        Stop raping little children, cunt!

      7. Mark Anderson says:

        Of course you’re not answering because you promptly lied.

        More shame for Victor the KKK!

        Yes you do, Victor the KKK.

        You really hate Black people like Arsenio Hall and want him eliminated.

        Also, which 5-Black districts were being eliminated? Please be specific with your lies

      8. Victor the Crab says:

        You call me a racist, I’ll call you a pedophile!

        And my accusations are closer to reality, because you right wing MAGAts are the ones that molest children!

      9. Mark Anderson says:

        We have documented proof that you don’t like Black people, and want to eliminate them, Victor the KKK?

        Why? Why do you want to murder brown people so much, especially the kids?

      10. Victor the Crab says:

        What documented proof? Your big mouth, pedophile? You’re just a god damned stupidfuckfuck that needs to take a handful of pills!

        Stop raping little boys, asswipe!

      11. Mark Anderson says:

        Victor the KKK wants a genocide of Black people (like Arsenio Hall), and other brown children.

        All facts

        Also, which 5-Black districts were being eliminated? Please be specific with your lies

      12. Victor the Crab says:

        BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH-BLAH!!!!!

        That’s you, retard!

        Stop skullfucking little boys!

      13. Mark Anderson says:

        Again, We have documented proof that you don’t like Black people, and want to eliminate them, Victor the KKK

        Why? Why do you want to murder brown people so much, especially the kids?

      14. Victor the Crab says:

        This documented proof you claim to have, could you present this to everyone? Because what you’re really doing is projecting your racism onto me!

        What? You have no proof? Well, whatta surprise, coming from a retarded racist cunt of a Drumpf licking bitch, like you loser!

  7. Mark Anderson says:

    We know you hate Arsenio Hall and other Black people, Victor the KKK.

    Confront your racism Victor.

    1. Victor the Crab says:

      Confront yours, you skullfucking pedophile cunt that needs to be locked up in prison so that gen pop can beat the fucking shit out of you, boy!