Trump, who will be the first president to host the awards show, announced this year's honorees on Wednesday (Aug. 13).

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.

Trump has made revamping the Kennedy Center — and what he calls its “woke” agenda — the center of an ongoing push to overhaul such cultural institutions as the National Endowment of the Humanities and the Smithsonian museums.