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Palm Beach International Airport, which President Donald Trump flies in and out of when heading to his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, is likely set to be renamed in his honor.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Monday, renaming it the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
According to a release from DeSantis’ office, the governor signed a bill from the legislature related to “Commercial Service Airports.” That bill, which passed the Florida House and Senate in February, includes the provision that “‘Palm Beach International Airport,’ shall be renamed as the ‘President Donald J. Trump International Airport,’ subject to approval of the Federal Aviation Administration” and, per the bill, rights agreements.
The law is set to go into effect on July 1, according to the state legislature.
President Donald Trump meets Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he arrives on Air Force One at Orlando Sanford International Airport. Trump was scheduled to attend a private fundraising in the area.
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ABC News has reached out to the White House and to DeSantis’ office.
The FAA said in a statement, “Changing an airport name is a local issue and the FAA does not approve airport name changes. However, the FAA must complete some administrative tasks to include updating navigational charts and databases.”
Eric Trump, a businessman and one of the president’s sons, wrote on X after the news broke, “Proud to have played a small role in making this happen,” and thanked DeSantis, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and others.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller reposted Eric Trump’s post praising the effort.
The airport naming comes as Trump has pursued other efforts to have buildings renamed after himself, including his recent renaming of the Kennedy Center to the Trump-Kennedy Center, although it appears congressional approval would be needed to formally make the name change, and the United States Institute of Peace as the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.
Trump has also floated the idea of renaming New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles Airport after himself. ABC News previously reported that Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-New York, he’d offer to unfreeze billions in funding for a major infrastructure project in New York if Schumer would agree to rename both, according to two sources familiar with the conversation.
ABC News’ Ayesha Ali contributed to this report.
