House Republicans have advanced a proposal to rename the Kennedy Center's Opera House, one of the center's major theaters, the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House.”

After U.S. House Republicans moved to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after first lady Melania Trump on July 22, 2025, a rumor spread that Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President Kennedy, slammed the effort in an Instagram post.

Jack Schlossberg is claiming that Republicans' effort to name the Kennedy Center Opera House after Melania Trump goes against federal law. The Kennedy Center was designated as a 'living memorial' for JFK,