The next time President Donald Trump flies to Mar-a-Lago, he’ll be landing at an airport named after himself.And if his motorcade ever passes along I-40 in East Tennessee, he’ll see a bridge bearing his name.Subscribe to read this story ad-freeGet unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.That’s because officials in Palm Beach, Florida, and Dandridge, Tennessee, debuted signage Thursday to honor a president who has shown an affinity for attaching his name to everything from federal buildings to discount drug programs.Airport officials announced that Palm Beach International Airport has officially been renamed President Donald J.
Trump International Airport.Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law in March to change the airport’s name.“A very big day in Palm Beach, Florida, where it was my Great Honor to have the Palm Beach International Airport be renamed, by a spectacular vote, The President Donald J.Trump International Airport,” Trump wrote Thursday evening on Truth Social.
“This will soon be one of the Greatest and Most Spectacular Airports anywhere in the World!” Trump Force One was the first plane to land at the airport at 5:01 a.m.after its official name change, Eric Trump wrote on X.
Getty ImagesEarlier in the day, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent spoke at an unveiling ceremony in Tennessee, where the Legislature passed a law last year renaming multiple bridges and roads, including designating a bridge in Jefferson County as the President Donald J.Trump Bridge.It was previously known as the Francis Burnett Swann Memorial Bridge.“From this day forward, every driver that encounters this bridge will see that it bears his name, because he has never stopped fighting for the people who travel on it because he has made their cause his own,” Bessent said.Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, unveiling a sign at a ceremony with state officials in Dandridge, Tenn., on Thursday.George Walker IV / APRenaming the airport...