- Republican Representative Bob Onder has proposed a bill to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., after President Donald Trump.
- The proposed legislation, titled the “Make Entertainment Great Again Act,” cites President Trump as a significant cultural icon and patron of the arts.
- This bill follows a separate amendment, introduced by Republican Representative Mike Simpson, to rename the Kennedy Center’s Opera House after First Lady Melania Trump, which passed the House Appropriations Committee 33-25.
- President Trump recently replaced members of the Kennedy Center’s board and became its chairman, stating his intention to ensure the institution was “not going to be woke.”
- John F. Kennedy’s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, has criticized these renaming efforts, suggesting President Trump is “obsessed with being bigger than JFK.”
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