Artists boycott iconic venue in protest of Trump takeover

Music teams are boycotting Washington arts venue The Kennedy Center, after Donald Trump fired the chairman of the board and appointed himself in that position.

Justifying his actions, Mr Trump mentioned they did not like what the centre was displaying and vowed for there to be "no more woke in this country."

Sky’s US Correspondent James Matthews spoke to at least one artist who was as a consequence of play on the centre who says "this is authoritarianism coming for arts institutions".

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