President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that he would host this year's Kennedy Center Honors ceremony, his latest move to revamp the Washington, D.C., cultural institution in his image.

President Trump announced this year's "truly exceptional class" of Kennedy Center Honorees and said he will host the annual ceremony himself.

An emboldened President Donald Trump is increasingly using his bully pulpit to stamp his imprint on Washington, DC — pushing the bounds of executive power to reshape a city that once snubbed him.