Renée Fleming, Ben Folds and Shonda Rhimes all left posts at the Kennedy Center after President Trump became chairman and its longtime leaders were fired.

Ben Folds resigned from his position as the artistic director of the National Symphony Orchestra after President Donald Trump was elected chair of the Kennedy Center. "Mostly, and above all, I will miss the musicians of our nation's symphony orchestra — just the best!

"Not for me," Folds wrote in his resignation announcement. As President Donald Trump takes power at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, several creatives are stepping back. On Wednesday,