He has buildings, institutions, government programs, warships, currency, and now Donald Trump is getting an airport that bears his name even as he looks forward to a towering Trump presidential library in Miami. Ron DeSantis, Florida’s governor, signed a bill on Monday saying the Palm Beach international airport was being renamed to the President Donald J Trump international airport.
Trump’s family business filed a trademark application for the airport name in February. If approved, the name change would take effect on 1 July.
The Florida airport is the latest in a series of buildings, institutions, government programs, navy battleships, national parks passes and even money to be named after the US president. DeSantis also worked last year to get a parcel of land in Miami to be the home for Trump’s presidential library.
On Truth Social on Monday, Trump posted a video of a rendering of the library, which showed an enormous mirrored skyscraper emblazoned with his name and the American flag. Trump, a native of New York, moved to Florida in 2019.
Before the move, he lived in a penthouse at Trump Tower but has since taken primary residence at his Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach. Before the name can be changed, a formal request must be submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, which then must process the change in various flight charting and navigation databases, and the airport signs must be changed.
