A Florida airport will soon be renamed after US President Donald Trump after the state legislature approved a bill Thursday to make the change.
Trump, a real estate mogul who has plastered his name on buildings around the world, sought to leave his mark on the country in an unprecedented image and construction campaign.
Florida’s Republican-led Legislature has approved a bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport “President Donald J. Trump International Airport,” state records show. Gov. Ron DeSantis, once a Trump opponent, is expected to sign the measure.
The airport in Palm Beach, a city known for its sandy beaches and luxury estates, is just minutes from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence.
The renaming of the airport will also require approval from the Federal Aviation Administration.
It would thus become the latest institution to be renamed after Trump.
The president’s handpicked board of directors for the Kennedy Center, an arts complex and memorial to the late President John F. Kennedy in Washington, voted in December to rename itself the “Trump-Kennedy Center.”
That same month, the State Department added Trump’s name to the US Institute of Peace.
Trump also sought to rename New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles International Airport after each other, according to US media reports, although those efforts were rejected.
The Treasury Department has confirmed reports that proposals have been made for a commemorative $1 coin featuring Trump’s likeness, despite laws prohibiting the depiction of a sitting or living president on money.
On Thursday, a large blue banner emblazoned with Trump’s face was draped over the headquarters of the Justice Department, an agency traditionally seen as out of touch with political influence.