{"id":334907,"date":"2026-07-09T21:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334907\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T21:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:23:17","slug":"south-floridas-palm-beach-airport-renamed-president-donald-j-trump-international-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/334907\/","title":{"rendered":"South Florida&#8217;s Palm Beach airport renamed President Donald J. Trump International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) \u2014 A South Florida airport officially changed its name on Thursday to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Signs for the Palm Beach International Airport have been removed, while new signage goes up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/judges-deny-request-to-return-trumps-name-to-kennedy-center-pending-an-appeal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">READ MORE: Judges deny request to return Trump&#8217;s name to Kennedy Center pending an appeal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because an entire airport transformation doesn&#8217;t happen overnight, you&#8217;ll notice a combination of both our classic look and our new brand elements coexisting while traveling through the terminal over the next several weeks,&#8221; airport officials said in a Facebook post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Trump Force One,&#8221; a Boeing 757 owned by The Trump Organization, was the first plane to arrive at the airport under its new name, shortly after 5 a.m. The president&#8217;s son, Eric Trump, was one of the passengers. The Trump family regularly uses the West Palm Beach airport when they visit President Donald Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago home in nearby Palm Beach. A stretch of road from the airport to Trump&#8217;s estate was renamed Donald J. Trump Boulevard earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is no person who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor,&#8221; Eric Trump posted on X. &#8220;As a son, and someone who flies out of this airport nearly every day, I will forever be proud to see the initials &#8216;DJT&#8217; on my boarding pass.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the name change took effect Thursday, the three-letter airport code will change from PBI to DJT on Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/desantis-signs-bill-to-rename-palm-beach-airport-after-trump\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed legislation earlier this year<\/a> that made the name change possible. Changing the airport&#8217;s name is expected to cost as much as $5.5 million for new signs, branding and other updates.<\/p>\n<p>Keegan Collett, who was departing the airport Thursday morning on his way to Cincinnati, said he was surprised to see the new name. He said he doesn&#8217;t think Trump deserves to have an airport named after him but isn&#8217;t necessarily bothered by it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the end of the day, it&#8217;s just the name of an airport,&#8221; Collett said. &#8220;There&#8217;s bigger things. I feel like it&#8217;s just more of a distraction. Why even worry about it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In Dandridge, Tennessee, on Thursday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty and Representative Tim Burchett attended a ceremony to rename the I-40 Bridge in East Tennessee to the Donald J. Trump Bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent said ahead of the ceremony that &#8220;no one is more deserving&#8221; of the honor of a bridge renaming than Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump received 82% of the vote in Jefferson County, where Dandridge is located, in the 2024 general election.<\/p>\n<p>\n                    A free press is a cornerstone of a healthy democracy.\n                <\/p>\n<p class=\"invite_body\">\n                    Support trusted journalism and civil dialogue.\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/give.newshour.org\/page\/88646\/donate\/1?ea.tracking.id=pbs_news_sept_2025_article&amp;supporter.appealCode=N2509AW1000100\" class=\"donation-link ga-click-funding ga-click-ender-funding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                    Donate now<\/p>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. 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