WASHINGTON — House Republican proposals to name the Kennedy Center after President Donald Trump and its opera house after first lady Melania Trump would violate the law by which the Kennedy Center was created, four sources familiar with the issue told NBC News.
The next day, Rep. Bob Onder, R-Mo., introduced the “Make Entertainment Great Again Act” to rename the whole center the “Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts.”
Two months later, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the legislation making it a living memorial to Kennedy.
“If Republicans can’t pass their budget — which they usually can’t — the Melania Trump renaming provision dies,” the spokesperson continued.
“The only real wildcard is whether Trump or his allies ignore the law entirely and try to do it unilaterally.
Donald Trump and Melania Trump arrive at the Kennedy Center on June 11.
In particular, Trump objected to a drag show, which he found offensive, among the 2,200 events the Kennedy Center typically produces in a year. »