Congressman Onder Introduces the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act

Washington, D.C. — Today, Congressman Bob Onder introduced the Make Entertainment Great Again (MEGA) Act to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to the Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts.

 

For more than 40 years, President Trump has been a patron of the arts and a staple of the pop-culture landscape. From books and television shows to board games, movies, and more; when it comes to the arts, President Trump’s golden touch has captivated and entertained audiences for decades.

 

He captured American and British audiences alike for more than a decade with his hit show, The Apprentice, which ran for 15 seasons, as well as its popular spinoff, The Celebrity Apprentice. As well as regularly appearing in other movies and television shows that would go on to be cultural icons such as The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. He is also the only President to have hosted Saturday Night Live. A program he’s hosted not once, but twice!

 

Since he was elected as chairman of the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees, President Trump has been working to preserve the integrity the fine arts by ending woke programming and rebalancing the Kennedy Center’s $234 million budget, which had normalized operating in the red. As Chairman of the Kennedy Center board of trustees, President Trump plans to make serious budget changes to reign in the Center’s nearly $72 million debt driven by past leadership decisions. 

 

Rep. Onder voted for historic investments totaling $256.7 million to the John F. Kennedy Center, which were included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. This includes $249.5 million that will go directly to providing funding for capital repairs and restoration along with significant investments in the operation, maintenance, and security of the Center.

 

“You would be hard pressed to find a more significant cultural icon in the past 40 years than President Trump,” said Congressman Onder. “President Trump’s love and mastery of entertainment has stood the test of time and allowed him to capture Americans’ attention for decades.”