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里希·格伦内尔于2025年6月11日出席在肯尼迪中心举办的《悲惨世界》开幕之夜活动。
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据三位知情人士透露，总统唐纳德·特朗普预计将罢免理查德·格伦内尔（Ric Grenell）在肯尼迪中心（Kennedy Center）的负责人职务。
此次变动发生之际，这座如今正面已带有特朗普名字的艺术文化机构，预计将关闭两年进行翻新。特朗普正试图按照自己的构想重塑该中心。
两位消息人士表示，格伦内尔离职的公告可能最早于今日公布。
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自2025年2月以来，格伦内尔担任肯尼迪中心临时主席的任期充满动荡。他在推行总统对该艺术中心的愿景时，遭遇了高调演出取消、抗议活动、门票销量下滑以及财务压力等问题。
消息人士称，尽管特朗普与格伦内尔此前关系融洽，后者作为总统两届任期内担任过多个职务的长期忠实追随者，但总统已对有关其改造艺术机构的一系列负面报道感到不满。
一位熟悉白宫观点的人士表示，总统喜欢格伦内尔，但认为他在领导肯尼迪中心期间，包括在公关管理方面“搞砸了”。
一位白宫官员坚称，格伦内尔并非被解雇，而是一直被安排在肯尼迪中心过渡期提供协助，之后便会离职。
在领导肯尼迪中心期间，格伦内尔常常违背艺术界的趋势，挑战数十年来的传统和既定规范。批评者认为，这导致了机构内部紧张，并对其造成了不可挽回的损害。
与格伦内尔共事的人将他描述为好斗、对抗性强且固执己见。一位肯尼迪中心内部人士惋惜道，格伦内尔在艺术界毫无经验或根基，却带着“大锤”和“竞选噱头”而来，正将机构推向错误的方向。
但也有人认为，他正是执行特朗普愿景的合适人选，且为工作带来了“务实的心态”，并为中心引入了许多新员工。
一位肯尼迪中心内部知情人士表示，特朗普最近“对他有点反感”。
消息人士称：“里希非常努力地想取悦特朗普，但特朗普每天打开新闻，看到关于肯尼迪中心管理不善以及‘特朗普搞砸了’的报道，就感到厌倦了。”
一位熟悉肯尼迪中心未来计划的知情人士还将格伦内尔的离职描述为一次过渡，而非罢免。该人士指出，艺术机构正进入计划中的翻新建设阶段，而格伦内尔确实希望在施工期间继续留任。
美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）已联系格伦内尔和白宫寻求置评。
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Published Time: 2026-03-13T19:45:21.381Z / Source: CNN
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Ric Grenell attends the opening night of “Les Misérables” at The Kennedy Center on June 11, 2025.
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President Donald Trump is expected to remove Richard Grenell as head of the Kennedy Center, according to three sources familiar with the matter.
The move comes as the arts and culture institution, which now bears Trump name on its façade, is expected to close for two years for renovations as the president seeks to remold it in his image.
The announcement of Grenell’s departure could come as soon as today, two of the sources said.
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Grenell’s tenure as interim president of the Kennedy Center since February 2025 has been marked by tumult, plagued by high-profile performance cancellations, protests, declining ticket sales and financial strain as he sought to execute the president’s vision for the arts center.
Despite earlier warmth between Trump and Grenell, a longtime loyalist who has served in various roles across the president’s two terms in office, the president had become frustrated with a slew of negative headlines about his revamp of the arts institution, the sources said.
One source familiar with the White House view said that the president liked Grenell, but felt that he had fumbled when it came to his leadership of the Kennedy Center, including on managing the publicity.
A White House official insisted that Grenell wasn’t being fired but that he was always intended to help during the Kennedy Center’s transition period and then leave the role.
While leading the Kennedy Center, Grenell often bucked the trends of the arts world, defying traditions and stretching norms in place for decades, which critics contend has led to strain and brought irreparable harm to the institution.
Those who work with Grenell described him as combative, confrontational and headstrong. A source close to the Kennedy Center lamented that Grenell had no experience or grounding in the arts world and came in “with a sledgehammer” and “campaign schticks” that are moving the institution in the wrong direction.
But others contended that he was exactly the person to carry out Trump’s vision and that he brought a “no-nonsense mentality” to his work and brought in many new staff to the center.
In recent days, Trump has been “kind of is souring on him,” a source close to the Kennedy Center said.
“Ric worked really hard to keep in Trump’s good graces, but Trump got tired of turning on the news and hearing every day how bad the Kennedy Center was being run and (how) Trump is killing it,” the source said.
One of the sources familiar with the plans moving forward for the Kennedy Center also described Grenell’s departure as a transition, not a removal, noting that the arts institution is moving towards the building phase of its planned renovation, and that Grenell did want to be there during the construction.
CNN has approached Grenell and the White House for comment.
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