Several weeks ago, I wrote about how Florida lawmakers proposed renaming an airport after President Trump. Well, this proposal has now passed the Florida Legislature, so it’s very likely to become a reality.
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Lawmakers vote to rename airport after President Trump
In November 2025, Republican Florida State Representative Meg Weinberger introduced a proposal to rename Palm Beach International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport. As she explained in a statement:
“President Trump is the most consequential president of our lifetime and a resident of Palm Beach County, which makes it only fitting to honor him, like many other presidents before him, by naming our airport Donald J. Trump International.”
A vote took place on this in the Florida Legislature this week, and it passed with a strictly partisan vote. This includes an 81-30 vote in the House, and a 25-11 vote in the Senate. Now Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just has to sign off on this, and then the renaming can happen, as it’s expected to take effect as of July 1, 2026. Around $5.5 million has been allocated for implementing the renaming, including updated signage and branding.
This isn’t Weinberger’s first bill to rename something after Trump. In February 2025, Weinbeger co-sponsored bill HB 987, to rename a four mile stretch of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County (near Mar-a-Lago) after Trump.
I do wonder if this airport is “enough” for Trump, or if he’s going to hold out for a bigger airport being named after him (or who knows, I guess there could be multiple airports). For example, Trump also wants Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) to be named after him.
Last week, Trump had filed several applications to the US Parent and Trademark Office, covering at least three variations of names that airports could use, including the name that’s in the bill for Palm Beach International Airport.
Currently, more than 10 commercial airports in the United States are named after former presidents, including New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA), Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Grand Rapids’ Gerald Ford Airport (GRR), and Little Rock’s Clinton National Airport (LIT), among others.
I’m not a fan of airports being named after politicians
My opinion on this is the same as it has been about every proposal to rename an airport after a politician, whether a Democrat, Republican, or whatever (and if you don’t believe me, see my post about Las Vegas being renamed after Democrat Harry Reid).
I’m just no a fan of airports being named after politicians:
- Why can’t we just keep airport names simple, and name them after their location, or the cities or regions they serve? There’s no need to complicate things
- It’s one thing to name an airport after someone a vast majority of people can agree on, but to me it’s a bit different to name an airport after a politician, which is always going to be divisive
- At some point this renaming stuff just comes down to partisan politicians ruling in favor of one politician over another, and that just seems like a rabbit hole that’s better avoided
But at this point over 10 airports in the United States have been named after presidents, so I guess there’s no reason to stop now…
Bottom line
In November 2025, a Florida lawmaker proposed renaming Palm Beach International Airport after Donald Trump. Given that the Florida Legislature is Republican, it’s not surprising that this has just passed, and now they’re just waiting on Governor DeSantis to sign off on this. This is far from the first time that an airport will be named after a president, even if it’s a practice that I find to be rather questionable.
You're all left wing woke tree huggers. Drill baby drill...
President Trump is the greatest leader the world has ever seen. Very fitting gesture to the great man himself.
Fascinating naming an airport after a pedo. Residences of that city will celebrate their nonce identification until they wake up and change the name...
Time for Illinois to rename a real international airport after Obama.
Rename O'Hare after Barack. Rename Midway after Michelle. That should trigger a massive tantrum like yesterday's Supreme Court decision.
This is just one small example of why I fled this state after being a resident for many years. Florida has gone completely off the deep end with its obsession with MAGA world. The state is unrecognizable from what it used to be and should serve as a stark warning for the rest of us—-toxic culture focused solely on demonizing anyone deemed by hard right influencers/MAGA enablers as “other”. Shortly before I left, my own...
This is just one small example of why I fled this state after being a resident for many years. Florida has gone completely off the deep end with its obsession with MAGA world. The state is unrecognizable from what it used to be and should serve as a stark warning for the rest of us—-toxic culture focused solely on demonizing anyone deemed by hard right influencers/MAGA enablers as “other”. Shortly before I left, my own doctor, now an American citizen but Columbian born, admitted to me that he has told his entire family to always carry their passport for fear of being stopped and detained. Fear rules that place. Awful.
If they can rename LAS after Harry I see no reason why Florida can't participate.
I assume the airport code will change to PDO?
IDS would be funnier (if you know how US four letter codes work). You could tell Trumpers it was about making sure people had IDs to vote.
The hubris and the kowtowing cult is pretty wild. Following the precedent this regime has set, once this is over we can reasonably cut off all federal funding to anything that was ever named after the conman-in-chief. Fair's fair!
renamimg PBI in Trump's name should be a boon for the airport
As a foreigner looking in, there is something innately satisfying reading all the deranged comments about President Trump. Methinks they're all on the loony left anyways....which is always a boon for a right-winger like me. Enjoy the next three BIG BEAUTIFUL YEARS gurls..;) That's right, he's still your president!
Spoiler: The anonymous "John" was not a foreigner at all, except of the "bot farm" variety.
Washington Dulles is named after John Foster Dulles - a secretary of state. Anyone under 60 has likely never heard of him or know who he is. Plus Dulles is confusing, when first opened people were getting Dulles and Dallas confused when booking tickets over the phone (pre electronic tickets) and actually traveling to the wrong airport. IAD needs a name change. It is not even in Washington - it is in Virginia - actually...
Washington Dulles is named after John Foster Dulles - a secretary of state. Anyone under 60 has likely never heard of him or know who he is. Plus Dulles is confusing, when first opened people were getting Dulles and Dallas confused when booking tickets over the phone (pre electronic tickets) and actually traveling to the wrong airport. IAD needs a name change. It is not even in Washington - it is in Virginia - actually Herndon, VA but they created a name of a town for it - so it is located in Dulles, VA.
What's new, majority of Americans see nothing wrong with childs rapist running the country.
Actually IAD is in Chantilly Virginia. And no need to change its name.
Just two words to describe how low this country has fallen: banana republic.
The most egregious part is he registered the trademark so Florida will need to keep paying him and then his descendants royalties to continue using the name.
Talk about a state deciding to donate a perpetual bribe to an influent family.
They should rename O’Hare “Obama International”. That would really get under Trump’s skin.
Tom, watch out, he might nuke it if they did that. I still partially blame Seth Meyers for his jokes at the White House Correspondents dinner for all our troubles these days…
Cry. KTNBOP!!! Lol
"...which makes it only fitting to honor him, like many other presidents before him, by naming our airport Donald J. Trump International.”
Uh, OK. For how many other presidents has Palm Beach International previously been named?
Eh, the next president can undo all this BS.
Hope he’s still alive in his cell to watch. Like, no easy way out. Do it like South Korea. Prison.
Maybe Classy C*nt Meg Weinberger will propose naming a small landing strip in NW Florida after DeSantis.
Flying into PBI will burn DeSantis skin knowing how Trump has totally shunned him.
What about naming PBI "Grifter International".
Appropriate for Palm Beach County
If I recall correctly, I believe MIA is will be renamed Ben Schlappig International (after a blogger). Bloggers are next to have airports named after them. I think Gary Leff will be Austin's new airport name. :) Not sure which California airport Matthew Klint will get. He flies out of a number of Southern California airports. He needs to pick one and use it long enough to be named after him.
I will never fly to that airport again as long as his name is on it.
I hope that the FAA approves this in the next couple of weeks so I can proudly fly into Donald J. Trump International Airport next month when I go to PBI.
good - it will be less crowded and better chance for an upgrade.
So it's going to be called "I'll never be better than Obama airport". How about "ManBaby International" or "Let's work harder to protect pedos"
I think there is a huge difference between naming an airport after a politician who is still in office and a politician who is retired or dead. The latter can be a sign of respect and appreciation. The former reeks of a cult of personality. Especially when that politician’s name is being put on a lot of things in a short amount of time.
Well, Rep. Weinberger did get one thing right: Trump is "President Trump is the most consequential president of our lifetime and a resident of Palm Beach County." Demolishing the leadership, trust, global standing, and rule of law that took generations to build is anything but inconsequential.
Any chance there’s an airport on Epstein Island?
STT is closest. It’s really a shame that there was a pedophile island nearby, because that part of the Caribbean is actually lovely. Like, could the rich and powerful please stop abusing others and simply enjoy the beach…
That idiot will slap his name on the moon, to rename it or even Mars, so Elon can say he flew to Trump! Why can not everybody just use an * instead of using his name. If everyone does that it would avoid hearing about him!
The idiots here are either Florida state legislators or Plam Beach legislators.
The most iconic airport in the US is LAX, and the X is because they needed a third letter for LA. And that airport will never be renamed. Spare me the comments about how much it sucks to travel to or through LAX, it is a pop culture staple and the most competitive airport in America.
Really, that's why they added X - because they needed a third letter? Now I know where the X in DXB came from.
Same thing in Dubai yeah - it’s a cool fun fact
I'm more surprised Dubai didn't just buy DUB from Dublin.
Ha! I never knew that either, and I guess never really thought to question why there was an X or what it stood for, just that if possible it was better to fly from SNA and avoid LAX but I guess that makes sense.
As a person who grew up, worked and now has businesses across europe and asia, we've always avoided the US because of just not wanting to deal with random stupidity. It's a decision that so far has been fortunate because it also means not having to spend too much mental resources on reading too much about Trump.
What I often don't understand is why so many of the people in the US looks up to...
As a person who grew up, worked and now has businesses across europe and asia, we've always avoided the US because of just not wanting to deal with random stupidity. It's a decision that so far has been fortunate because it also means not having to spend too much mental resources on reading too much about Trump.
What I often don't understand is why so many of the people in the US looks up to Trump as an example. Do you really have such a small talent pool that Trump is the cream of the crop to represent the country? He seems like someone that only terrible human beings can support but I find it hard to think such a large portion of Americans are terrible human beings.
Many of the votes for Trump are tied to racism, bigotry and homophobia. Not at all of course but he effectively twisted that any person who is not a straight white Christian male is bad. Appalling to me as an American citizen that my Government and its leaders do not hide or condemn racism.
As a fellow non-American I have to agree that it's very puzzling that the United States of America couldn't muster two better presidential candidates than a half-demented sex-pest career grifter, and a fatuous DEI quota appointee who could barely manage to string a coherent sentence together.
ok, mr "businessman"
Generally -- with very few exceptions -- things like stamps, coins, bridges, and airports are named for Presidents after they're DEAD! Does the Florida Legislature know something we don't?
If they did, then there would already be a Biden airport.
Better PBI than IAD. And, not to worry … few people refer to DCA as Reagan. That trend will continue in Florida.
Agreed, stopping name things (streets, airports, etc.) for politicians. Did it start with LaGuardia? I cringe a bit when I fly into Harry Reid (LAS). I'll have a nice chuckle at all the deranged people whose heads will explode with WPB.
I will check it out, after the name change and report back if my head remains intact.
Congrats President Trump! Love him.
Does he read this blog?
What about Tim Dunn International Airport?
Airport naming should only be allowed for the the name of the city the airport is in:
"City Name" Regional Airport
"City Name" Domestic Airport
"City Name" International Airport
Turd Airport, sounds about right
Months ago I joked that very soon travelers flying into New York City would have the choice between Newark, La Guardia and DJT. Reality is a bummer.
Months ago I joked that very soon travelers flying into New York City would have the choice between Newark, La Guardia and DJT. Reality is a bummer.
Finally. When we all voted for him (because he won 100% of the votes, remember?) this was the top priority (remaining everything after him.) Think of all the jobs! “…and I’m proud to be an American, where at least, I know, I’m…”
Coincidence or what 1990Bot, you have put in an appearance at last …. FCA been logged out again then?
AeroB,
Thanks for getting rid of goofy ORD. So nice to sew that inconsequential nutjob off this site!
Nutjob's still here, Jed.
ORD …. I was about to say …. what am I being accused of now?
I've got no clue, and I'm not going to restart anything now.
So ORD, I will empty my sandbag, shake it out and fold it away for another occasion. No inter-nation military banter on this thread …. :-)
@1990: be careful, seems @AeroB13a is a stalker. He/she can’t wait until you post. Even attributes other posts to you. To think you can develop an online stalker here on OMAAT.
Hey Ray, 1990Bot is not the only contributor with a ‘fan base’ don’t you know! I too can claim several ’stalkers’ who enjoy a good verbal ‘slapping’ from me. EskimoBot, Plain JaneBot, JuliaBot, MasonBot (when EskimoBot has time off for rest and recuperation), to name but a few. Should add you login to my numpty list too darlink? …. :-)
Ray, as long as I don’t have to start paying a second rent, I’ll take it…
Aero-Guest, can you wait for actual Aero-Diamond to his two cents in; bring back the ‘my income is 9 figures’ persona!
1990 - how about you lay off with all the various accounts and constant replies to yourself, "Rod".
Yes, another F* U* from Florida.
The entire peninsula would do well to just separate from SouthEast and drift away.
Well, Trump is doing everything possible to speed up the timeline for when Florida ends up underwater.
Really? I love Florida, we have a competent executive who steered us through the pandemic with a relatively intact economy & priority to civil liberties. What panacea do you live in? I visited San Francisco again recently. What a shock that was -- NO THANKS! Never again.
‘Priority civil liberties’, must be a different deSantistan you live in. Lucky you!
The "competent executive" almost drove out one of the top employers of the state!
What a narcissist fascist. Hoping he’ll end up like Mussolini.
Cry harder snowflake.
Harder is vague. Tell him exactly how hard/loud he needs to cry for wish to come true.
Oh please. Can’t wait for him to go and millions of others feel the same way. Hopefully not his ear next time. He’s truly disgusting like the s- that support him.
Talk about a disgusting comment. The advocating of murdering our President is a felony. You need to be reported!!!
Dave Stafford go read some where else. You have too much orange around your lips.
Dave, our resident Trump bot. Glad you are here. Thoughtful all the time. Let’s do some flag waving together, shall we?
this post should be taken down. despicable you allow a post hoping for his death
hahaha cry more, lots of us have a bottle of champagne tucked away with the pedo's name written on it (in sharpy of course)
There's an Esso station out there, just waiting for its time to shine.
Pathetic! As airports, and other places, are named only after the already deceased. Let's hope that Trump joins the club soon, soonest...
And all of this spineless enablers in the House and Senate!
I don’t mind naming airports after politicians if they are already dead, especially when that person has ties to the community and was generally well liked and respected locally. Harry Reid is a good example, while he may have been a divisive figure nationally, he did a lot for Nevada and renaming LAS after him was a good tribute. Same with the terminals at PHX. T4 was named after Goldwater after he passed and I...
I don’t mind naming airports after politicians if they are already dead, especially when that person has ties to the community and was generally well liked and respected locally. Harry Reid is a good example, while he may have been a divisive figure nationally, he did a lot for Nevada and renaming LAS after him was a good tribute. Same with the terminals at PHX. T4 was named after Goldwater after he passed and I don’t know if they were planning to name T3 after McCain all along (I imagine they were but were planning on waiting until he died), but it the timing worked out as he passed right before the first phase opened to the public if I recall.
Clinton is not dead but has an airport. Jimmy Carter had an airport before he was dead.
Well done Mr. President. The best president in our history! 45-47 DJT
This inanity is the real Trump Derangement Syndrome…
Karen, I know what you did there. Since 45-47 typically means 45, 46 and 47, you are saying that Biden lost in 2020, right? That is very smart.
Totally smart, in some flat earth kinda way.
@Karen (apropos moniker, but maybe you're giving away your trolling objective). Why not go all in with 45-48 (49?)
The cost to taxpayers when this regime comes to an end to purge names from buildings, planes and other inanimate objects will be huge, hopefully the anonymous donors who are helping to fund them now will help the clean up operation.
Wouldn't be surprised if the airport's jetways and runways are painted gold.
Only in Florida.
Good news because that puts off the pressure to rename Dulles. Actually, all president's names should be discontinued. Maybe make 2 exceptions, JFK and then IAH to balance then stop.
Only in America and in a state that is a backwater and ecological disaster in the making would a facility be named for a pedophile, a crook, and a criminal. The country is a disgrace for not just tolerating it, but putting him in office not once, but twice. Am an American, was born and raised there, have never, and will never be patriotic. Not grateful now or ever to be a citizen of it.
I don't like Trump. But, what evidence fo you have he is a pedophile?
someone give this guy a Snickers!
Why shouldn't the home of the Lolita Express be named for its #1 frequent flier?
Meaning less people will want to fly there, expect flights to be cheap to that forsaken airport.
Next proposal: prepend "felon" and "rapist"
FELON AND RAPIST TRUMP INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
I could get on board with that.
JFK was a rapist, too, but he does have a legacy unlike Trump
Just wait until he finds out about Clinton's indiscretions..
Good morning from SIN, I note that the 1990Bot, is still hiding under the High Class American login.
We know you know Ben …. :-)
Obviously dumb and unnecessary but also about to hypertrigger all the patients here - yeehaw, let's go, grabbing popcorn
Giddy-up, Syd…
I’m just here to see all the liberal snowflakes go into all out melt mode. Lol
Well deserved for our President.
So I guess the new airport code is PEDO?
PDO as a 3 letter code is taken, but KPDO is available
Did you flake out when Little Rock renamed their airport after not only Bill, but Hillary as well?
ORD, I missed you from another thread. Your posts were pulled before a couple of Gulf War Veterans could draw up our sandbags and bore the living daylights out of the REMF’s.
President? Why not felon and rapist?
Answer this question rationally.
Hate to break it to you little buddy, but if we're being "rational" Trump isn't a rapist. Sorry. Hope that didn't ruin you're Friday!
“I’ve known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy,” Trump booms from a speakerphone. “He’s a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
But like what has Trump actually done to deserve anything? I don’t think there’s a single accomplishment from either of his terms that couldn’t have been done by any other prominent Republican backed by a GOP controlled Congress.
Unless you believe that only Trump could have beat Clinton in 2016 or Harris in 2024 (and if anything he made those races closer than they would have been with another GOP candidate and actively lost...
But like what has Trump actually done to deserve anything? I don’t think there’s a single accomplishment from either of his terms that couldn’t have been done by any other prominent Republican backed by a GOP controlled Congress.
Unless you believe that only Trump could have beat Clinton in 2016 or Harris in 2024 (and if anything he made those races closer than they would have been with another GOP candidate and actively lost the election in 2020), I fail to see what Trump has actually accomplished to make him so worthy of honors like these.
Every Tom, Dick and Dave is a tough guy in the blogosphere and calls others as snowflakes!
Well, no one has ever called me liberal. I'm not melting down, I'm just shaking my head, thinking of how much damage he has done. History will tell the story of how much he helped the lunatic left take power in coming days.
yeah i gotta say as a corporate lawyer for multinationals who is probably first against the wall when the revolution comes, it's funny to me to be accused of being a communist for say "uh guys i am all for making money but you probably shouldn't rape kids and construct concentration camps for brown people"
It feels pretty evident, even as a republican myself, that this President cares largely about profiting from the presidency, naming anything he can after himself (while claiming it's never his idea), and seeking retribution where he can.
You may think it's liberal snowflakes melting down, but I see folks across the political spectrum furious at what is unfolding.
PBI being re-named after Trump is inconsequential (unless you're a Florida taxpayer). What's truly concerning...
It feels pretty evident, even as a republican myself, that this President cares largely about profiting from the presidency, naming anything he can after himself (while claiming it's never his idea), and seeking retribution where he can.
You may think it's liberal snowflakes melting down, but I see folks across the political spectrum furious at what is unfolding.
PBI being re-named after Trump is inconsequential (unless you're a Florida taxpayer). What's truly concerning is the need for the GOP to worship him and attempt to curry favor every single day. I'm pretty sure it's what George Washington expressly did not want for our country...
I am no fan of Trump but I think a better idea would be to name a terminal concourse or building than the entire airport. I think Tom Bradley works well at LAX because it’s one terminal.
That’s how PHX works. Terminal 3 is named after John McCain, and Terminal 4 after Barry Goldwater.
Unfortunately, that is not how Donald Trump works. He could never be satisfied with just a single terminal named after him. He needs the entire thing (airport, train station, etc) with his name after him.
Remember, he is from Queens, so living with John F Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport right in his backyard, he really needs to have the entire airport named after him. And now, not only will he have an airport...
Unfortunately, that is not how Donald Trump works. He could never be satisfied with just a single terminal named after him. He needs the entire thing (airport, train station, etc) with his name after him.
Remember, he is from Queens, so living with John F Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport right in his backyard, he really needs to have the entire airport named after him. And now, not only will he have an airport named after him, he will be able to boast that he had an airport named after him before the two men he hates the most (Obama and Biden) got one. (Of course, as perhaps the biggest supporter of Amtrak, Biden is much happier with the Wilmington Train Station named after him, rather than Wilmington Airport.) Also, Trump will also boast about how the airport's new name will be the only one in the U.S. with the word "President" in it.
But the truth is, while Trump will be happy with PBI being renamed after him entirely (they are dropping "Palm Beach" from the new name), and the rumors that he wanted Dulles renamed after him, he truly only wants one airport renamed after him, and that is JFK. Not only because JFK is in Queens, but the airport is one of the largest and most well-known in the world. PBI (which I imagine will have its code changed to DJT) may be in Trump's new backyard, but it is WAY too small for his ego.
Personally, I am hoping that the moment DeSantis signs the bill, the lawsuits blocking the name change will be unleashed and never ending.
Japan, South Korea, Thailand are some examples of airports not being named after someone. Even China.
Germany as well:
Berlin -- Willy Brandt (SPD, mayor and chancellor)
Bremen -- Hans Koschnik (SPD, mayor)
Cologne -- Konrad Adenauer (CDU, mayor and chancellor)
Hamburg -- Helmut Schmidt (SPD, chancellor)
Munich -- Franz Josef Strauss (CSU, governor of Bavaria)
Stuttgart -- Manfred Rommel (CDU, Mayor)
However, these names are not typically used, and in any case, the names were added only after the death of the person.
Uhh… Thailand? BKK… Suvarṇabhūmi means "land of gold". The name was chosen by King Bhumibol whose name includes Bhūmi.
Uhh...his name is not "Bhumi" though. Nice try dickhead 1990