Mary Kouw/CBS via Getty Images The unofficially renamed “ Donald Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts ” has ripped into a musician who cancelled his performance in protest of the president’s rebranding of the historic cultural center. Richard Grenell, the Trump-appointed president of the Kennedy Center, sent a furious letter to musician Chuck Redd—who has headed the annual Christmas Eve event since 2006—accusing him of manufacturing a costly “political stunt” by backing out of the show at the eleventh hour. “Your decision to withdraw at the last moment—explicitly in response to the Center’s recent renaming, which honors President Trump’s extraordinary efforts to save this national treasure—is classic intolerance and very costly to a non-profit Arts institution,” reads the letter, which was obtained by the Associated Press . Read more at The Daily Beast.