Trump became the first sitting president to preside over the annual ceremony, which has become embroiled in controversy over his push to add his name to the institution's title.

The 2025 Kennedy Center Honors are set to air on Tuesday with President Donald Trump as host, after he appointed himself chair of the board.

On Tuesday night, after CBS aired the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony — hosted by President Donald Trump — Trump was focused not on his historic turn as emcee of the event, which took place earlier this month at what he and his allies have renamed the Trump Kennedy Center (a move experts say is illegal).