Trump names Stallone, Strait among Kennedy Center honoree

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Trump names Stallone, Strait among Kennedy Center honoree  US President Donald Trump names "Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone and country music great George Strait among the recipients of the Kennedy Center Honors, as he pursues a controversial overhaul of the storied arts venue.  DC POOL / AFP  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #themanilatimes #tmtnews #worldnews

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00:001978, the Kennedy Center Honors have been among the most prestigious awards in the performing

00:05arts. I wanted one. I was never able to get one. This year, it's true, actually. I would

00:10have taken it if they would have called me. I waited and waited and waited. And I said,

00:15the hell with it. I'll become chairman. And I'll give myself an honor. Maybe I'm

00:19going to honor. Next year, we'll honor Trump, okay? Michael Crawford is being honored.

00:25The award winner and action movie icon and a friend of mine. His name is Sylvester Stallone.

00:39Sir George Strait.

00:47Together, celebrating one of the most revered singers of the American disco era, Gloria Gaynor.

00:55Best known for her chart-topping 1978 hit, I Will Survive. And finally,

01:05we'll be honoring one of the greatest rock bands of all time, Kiss.

01:132025 Kennedy Center Honors. It's going to be a big evening. I've been asked to host.

01:21I said, I'm the president of the United States. Are you fools asking me to do that? Sir, you'll get

01:28much higher ratings. I said, I don't care. I'm president of the United States. I won't do it.

01:34They said, please. And then Susie Wells said to me, sir, I'd like to get a host. I said, okay,

01:39Susie, I'll do it. That's the power she's got. But I just, uh, so I have agreed to host. Do you believe

01:47what I have to do? And I didn't want to do it. Okay. They're going to say he insisted. I did not

01:52insist. But I think it will be quite successful, actually. It's been a long time. I used to host

01:58the apprentice finales and we did rather well with that. Incredible. And she's, uh, you're going to

02:03see a big change in Washington crime stats very soon. Oh, they're not the stats that they gave,

02:07because they turned out to be a total fraud. The real stats, the stats went through the roof. You know,

02:12they had a, a man that was forced to put up stats like they were doing better. They're not doing

02:17better. Crime is the worst it's ever been. But it's, it started as of about yesterday. Uh,

02:22it started to, uh, you see a big change and people are feeling safe already. I've had so many calls.

02:27Thank you, sir. Thank you. They were afraid to walk out. They're not afraid anymore.

02:32So we're going to need a crime bill, uh, that we're going to be putting in. Uh, and it's going to

02:37pertain initially to DC. It's almost, we're going to use it as a very positive example.

02:44And, uh, we're going to be asking for extensions on that long term extensions,

02:48because you can't have 30 days, 30 days is that's by the time you do it. Uh,

02:53we're going to have this in good shape. And don't forget in the border,

02:58everyone said it would take years and you'd have to go back to Congress. I never went to Congress for

03:02anything. I just said, close the border. And they closed the border.

03:07And that was the end of it. I didn't go back to Congress. We're going to do this very quickly,

03:11but we're going to want extensions. I don't want to call national emergency. If I have to, I will.

03:16But, uh, I think the Republicans in Congress will approve this pretty much unanimously.

03:20How do you feel about Mayor Bowser's level of cooperation and her choosing to advocate for DC

03:25statehood right now? And well, the state, let me do that one. Statehood is ridiculous.

03:32We want to straighten the place out. Statehood's ridiculous. It's unacceptable.

03:37It's, uh, the Democrats want it because the Democrats have, you know, about 95% in this little

03:43area. Even I, I didn't get it very much. They want that. They want to pick up two senators and

03:49it's not going to happen. It's not going to happen. And that's the least of the reasons why,

03:53by the way, but that's one of the reasons why.

04:06So,

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