The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., released a statement in response to President Donald Trump‘s announcement Friday that he plans to fire board members and name himself chair of the iconic institution.

The Kennedy Center said some board members had received termination notices from the Trump administration but the center itself had gotten no official communication from the White House.

The move by the president, whose authority to make the changes was not clear, is the latest attempt to bring a Washington institution under his control.