The “Late Night” host turned to a clip of the center’s new chairman — Trump — claiming that he initially dismissed the gig. ″‘Are you fools asking me to do that?’ ‘Sir, you’ll get much higher ratings.

KISS, Sylvester Stallone, George Strait, Gloria Gaynor, and Michael Crawford are the first Kennedy Center Honors recipients overseen by Trump.

Trump says he'll “fully renovate” the entire infrastructure of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to make it a “crown jewel” of arts and culture in the United States.