I’d be shocked if this doesn’t go, fairly frankly…
Lawmaker proposes renaming airport after President Trump
Republican Florida State Consultant Meg Weinberger has launched a proposal to rename Palm Seaside Worldwide Airport to Donald J. Trump Worldwide Airport. As she defined in a press release:
“President Trump is probably the most consequential president of our lifetime and a resident of Palm Seaside County, which makes it solely becoming to honor him, like many different presidents earlier than him, by naming our airport Donald J. Trump Worldwide.”
This wouldn’t be the primary that her efforts have induced one thing to be renamed after Trump. In February 2025, Weinbeger co-sponsored invoice HB 987, to rename a 4 mile stretch of Southern Boulevard in Palm Seaside County (close to Mar-a-Lago) after Trump. Whereas the invoice was signed into regulation, the precise signage change continues to be within the works.
With Republicans holding a majority within the Florida Legislature, odds are respectable that this proposal will go. Trump has reportedly been pushing to have an airport named after him, and naturally individuals love to attain brownie elements for proposals like this.
I do marvel if this airport is “sufficient” for Trump, or if he’s going to carry out for an even bigger airport being named after him (or who is aware of, I assume there could possibly be a number of airports). Prior to now there was speak of Washington’s Dulles Airport (IAD) being named after him, however that didn’t have enough help.
Presently, greater than 10 industrial airports in the US are named after former presidents, together with New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), Washington’s Ronald Reagan Nationwide Airport (DCA), Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Grand Rapids’ Gerald Ford Airport (GRR), and Little Rock’s Clinton Nationwide Airport (LIT), amongst others.
I’m not a fan of airports being named after politicians
My opinion on this is identical because it has been about each proposal to rename an airport after a politician, whether or not a Democrat, Republican, or no matter (and if you happen to don’t consider me, see my put up about Las Vegas being renamed after Democrat Harry Reid).
I’m simply no a fan of airports being named after politicians:
- Why can’t we simply hold airport names easy, and title them after their location, or the cities or areas they serve? There’s no have to complicate issues
- It’s one factor to call an airport after somebody a overwhelming majority of individuals can agree on, however to me it’s a bit totally different to call an airport after a politician, which is at all times going to be divisive
- Sooner or later this renaming stuff simply comes right down to partisan politicians ruling in favor of 1 politician over one other, and that simply looks like a rabbit gap that’s higher prevented
However at this level over 10 airports in the US have been named after presidents, so I assume there’s no cause to cease now…
Backside line
A Florida lawmaker has proposed renaming Palm Seaside Worldwide Airport after Donald Trump. On condition that the Florida Legislature is Republican, this might very nicely go. It will be removed from the primary time that an airport can be named after a president, even when it’s a apply that I discover to be somewhat questionable.
