"Donald Trump International Airport" is coming, and the renaming costs could reach up to $5.5 million! Previously, the dollar bill featured Trump's signature.

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According to a report from CCTV News, local time on March 30, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, signed a bill that will rename the Palm Beach International Airport in that state as the “Donald J. Trump International Airport.”

In February this year, the Florida state legislature, where Republicans hold a majority, approved the airport renaming bill. Democrats expressed opposition to the bill. The bill was then signed by DeSantis.

The renaming of the airport still requires approval from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. If the FAA approves it, the Palm Beach International Airport will officially use the new name starting July 1. The airport code will change from PBI to DJT, which are the initials of U.S. President Donald Trump’s name.

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach County, Florida is about 6.4 kilometers from Palm Beach International Airport. Renaming the airport involves a large number of procedures, including updating various aviation charts, navigation databases, and airport signage. Democrats oppose the renaming, saying related costs could be as high as $5.5 million.

If this airport is renamed, it would be another major U.S. facility bearing a “Trump name stamp.” In January this year, Palm Beach County renamed a stretch of road about 6.4 kilometers long that connects Palm Beach International Airport and Mar-a-Lago as “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard.” In December last year, the board of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the U.S. capital, Washington, voted to rename the iconic cultural institution as the “Trump-Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.” The move was met with strong opposition from Democrats and the Kennedy family. That same month, the U.S. State Department announced that the Washington think tank United States Institute of Peace would be named with the full name of the president. Previously, the leadership of both institutions had been replaced by the Trump administration.

Since Trump began his second term as president, his name has appeared on one national symbol after another. On the 26th of this month, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it will put Trump’s signature on U.S. dollar bills to “commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.” This would be the first time a sitting president’s signature appears on U.S. dollar bills. The Treasury Department’s statement says that this redesigned currency will break the tradition of the past 165 years and will no longer include the signature of the U.S. Treasury Secretary; however, it is claimed that the overall design of the bills will remain unchanged. Some Democratic lawmakers joked, “This move will at least remind us of who made us pay more for fuel, goods, and food.”

On March 19, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members were personally selected by Trump, approved stamping Trump’s portrait onto the commemorative gold coins for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States, and also said it wants the coin to be “as big as possible,” with a diameter of 3 inches (7.62 centimeters).

After the U.S. Mint submitted the proposal, the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts approved the design unanimously.

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In December last year, a board vote by the “Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts,” whose members were also personally selected by Trump, decided to rename the center as the “Trump—Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.” It is an iconic cultural institution located in Washington, D.C., the U.S. capital, and the renaming faced strong opposition from Democrats and the Kennedy family.

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