Deborah Rutter served as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a decade. This month, she was fired. President Trump had replaced many board members with his own supporters. Then, on Wednesday, the new board elected Trump as the center’s new chair. Rutter spoke to NPR in her first interview since her dismissal.
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