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Updated · NBC News · Jul 10
Trump Gets $5.5 Million Florida Airport Rename and Tennessee Bridge Honor
Updated
Updated · NBC News · Jul 10

Trump Gets $5.5 Million Florida Airport Rename and Tennessee Bridge Honor

3 articles · Updated · NBC News · Jul 10

Summary

  • Palm Beach and Dandridge officials unveiled new signs Thursday naming Palm Beach International Airport and a Jefferson County bridge after Donald Trump.
  • $5.5 million will fund the airport transition, with signage, branding and digital updates rolling out over the next several weeks as the facility shifts to President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
  • Aug. 18 is when the airport’s three-letter code is set to change from PBI to DJT, though Eric Trump said Trump Force One was the first plane to land after the official rename.
  • The dual honors came weeks after a federal judge ordered Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center, ending a monthslong court fight over signage there.

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What does naming an international airport after a sitting president signal about the future of public spaces and branding?
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