President Donald Trump is reportedly seeking to tighten his grip on the Kennedy Center.An annual tradition since 1978, the Kennedy Center Honors gala recognizes artists for their lifetime achievements in their field.

After expressing dissatisfaction with the Kennedy Center's presentations and installing loyalists on its board who elected him chairman, President Trump is moving to give himself more control over the selection of the artists to be honored in its televised awards gala—an event he boycotted during his first term.

The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process.

During his first term, Trump was criticized by artists who were at the gala. Now, during his second term, he is looking to have more say in who these honorees are.

A longtime insider who has been at the center of the Washington, D.C. social scene for decade claims Donald Trump's takeover of the Kennedy Center is destroying the venerable institution as ticket sales dry up,

The vice president and his wife were booed as they took their seats for a National Symphony Orchestra concert of music by Shostakovich and Stravinsky.