Joe Holleman | Post-Dispatch
Political correspondent/columnist
U.S. Rep. Bob Onder on June 24, 2025, to mark the third anniversary of the Dobbs decision.
“Truth is stranger than fiction,” Mark Twain wrote in 1897.
Some 128 years later, U.S. Rep. Bob Onder has provided still more supporting evidence.
On Wednesday, the first-term Republican from Lake Saint Louis introduced a bill that would rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in honor of President Donald J. Trump.
In a straight-faced press release regarding his introduction of the “Make Entertainment Great Again” Act, Onder said, “For more than 40 years, President Trump has been a patron of the arts and a staple of the pop-culture landscape.”
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive to view opening night of "Les Miserables," at the Kennedy Center, June 11, in Washington.
The release goes on to tout Trump’s appearances in books, board games, movies and television shows, claiming that Trump’s “golden touch has captivated and entertained audiences for decades.”
The move to name the entire center after Trump comes close on the heels of another GOP proposal, voted out of a House committee Tuesday, that seeks to at Kennedy Center after the First Lady, Melania Trump.
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But the Kennedy-Trump name game began to take shape in February, when Donald Trump replaced a number of board members at the center who were appointed by Joe Biden. Those board members then elected Donald Trump as chairman.
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