Adedokun Waliyu 
An airport in Florida will soon be renamed after US President Donald Trump, after a bill proposing the change was approved by the state’s legislature on Thursday.
Florida’s Republican-led legislature approved a measure to rename the Palm Beach International Airport as the “President Donald J. Trump International Airport,” according to state records. Governor Ron DeSantis, once a political opponent of Trump, is expected to sign the bill into law.
The airport, located in Palm Beach — a town known for its sandy beaches and luxurious estates — is just minutes away from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. The renaming, however, will also require approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
If finalised, it would become the latest institution to be renamed after Trump. The president’s handpicked board of the Kennedy Center, an arts complex and memorial to late president John F. Kennedy in Washington, voted in December to rename itself the “Trump-Kennedy Center.”
Trump has also reportedly sought to rename New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles International Airport after himself, although those efforts were rejected, according to US media reports.
Meanwhile, the Treasury Department has confirmed reports that drafts have been prepared for a commemorative $1 coin featuring Trump’s image, despite existing laws prohibiting the display of a sitting or living president on US currency.
