The left's meltdown over President Trump's leadership continues to reach new levels of absurdity, with renowned composer Philip Glass now canceling the world premiere of his Abraham Lincoln symphony at the Kennedy Center—apparently unable to stomach performing under Trump's watch.
Glass, an 88-year-old minimalist composer, abruptly pulled his scheduled premiere in what appears to be nothing more than an elite temper tantrum over Trump's decision to clean house at the taxpayer-funded cultural institution. The composer joins a growing list of liberal artists fleeing the Kennedy Center since Trump ousted the previous leadership and installed his own team.
Think about the irony here, folks. Glass is canceling a symphony about Abraham Lincoln—the Republican president who saved the Union and freed the slaves—because he can't handle another Republican president trying to save America from the swamp.
Cultural Elite vs. We the People
This is exactly the kind of out-of-touch behavior Americans are sick of from the cultural establishment. While working families are celebrating Trump's return and his America First agenda, privileged artists are having public meltdowns and denying Americans the chance to experience their work.
"The latest in a wave of cancellations," as reports describe it, shows just how deep Trump Derangement Syndrome runs in elite circles. These are the same people who lecture us about "democracy" and "bringing the country together"—yet they're the ones refusing to participate when they don't get their way.
The Kennedy Center, funded by your tax dollars, shouldn't be a playground for leftist virtue signaling. Trump's leadership shake-up is long overdue at an institution that has catered to coastal elites while ignoring the values of everyday Americans who actually pay the bills.
Patriots should ask themselves: Do we really need artists who hate half the country determining what culture gets presented at our national venues? Trump's Kennedy Center reset might be the best thing to happen to American arts in decades.