India, Feb. 14 -- Donald Trump has appointed Usha Vance, the wife of Senator JD Vance, to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Trump recently declared his intention to take control of the centre by dismissing multiple members, stating that they "do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture." He also criticized past programming choices at the Kennedy Center, specifically calling out drag performances "will stop."

Usha Vance is among the newly appointed trustees. She studied at the University of Cambridge on a scholarship funded by Microsoft founder Bill Gates.

The Vice President has previously stated that Usha is "brilliant" and even more accomplished than he is. Trump himself joked that "the only one smar...