‘Trump Airport’ Is a Palm Beach Embarrassment: Mary Ellen Klas

June 1, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

Travelers to Florida take note: Palm Beach International Airport will soon be renamed the President Donald J. Trump International Airport, complete with new call letters: DJT. When the name-change takes effect in July, it will not only be the first time an airport will be named after a sitting president, but the first time such an arrangement can create new revenue streams for him and his family.

We will all be paying for it, and not only in taxes.

Trump has a tradition of using government infrastructure as a public affirmation of his grasp on power. In his second ...

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