Kennedy Center Opera House Could Be Renamed for Melania Trump
U.S. President Donald Trump looks down from the Presidential Box in the Opera House at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as he participates in a guided tour and leads a board...
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The famed John F. Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington D.C. could be renamed to honor First Lady Melania Trump, according to an amendment to a bill in the Interior Department reviewed by Newsweek.
"Provided, That the Opera House located in the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts shall be known and designated as the 'First Lady Melania Trump Opera House,'" the amendment read.
It was adopted 33-25 according to the House Appropriations Committee, in a bill that addresses Wildfires and Military Readiness.
Just last month, President Donald Trump was met with cheers, boos, and chants of "USA" when he went to the venue to on the opening night performance of the musical Les Misérables, Newsweek previously reported.
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