Not long after GOP Rep. Bob Onder (R-Mo.) introduced a bill to designate the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the “Donald J. Trump Center for the Performing Arts,” JFK’s niece (and the former First Lady of California) weighed in.
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“This is insane,” wrote Maria Shriver online. “It makes my blood boil. It’s so ridiculous, so petty, so small minded. Truly, what is this about? It’s always about something. ‘Let’s get rid of the Rose Garden. Let’s rename the Kennedy Center.’ What’s next?”
The proposal comes just one week after Republicans proposed naming the opera house at the Kennedy Center after First Lady Melania Trump.
Donald Trump took control of the Kennedy Center just weeks into his second term. He fired Joe Biden’s appointees to the board, even though the center by tradition has retained a bipartisan balance among its trustees. The move ensured that Trump himself would become chairman, ousting David Rubenstein.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, Trump’s signature legislative initiative that passed earlier this month, included almost $257 million for Kennedy Center renovations.
