Article 74Q9M ‘Unconstrained’ Trump seems to be on a quest to name most everything after himself

‘Unconstrained’ Trump seems to be on a quest to name most everything after himself

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Adam Gabbatt
from World news | The Guardian on (#74Q9M)

President has affixed his name to institutions and edifices, and his visage now glowers from several federal buildings

The US has a history of naming things after its presidents.

Washington DC has the Ronald Reagan airport, while John F Kennedy international airport is New York's main air transport thoroughfare. The Hoover Dam straddles Nevada and Arizona; Theodore Roosevelt is one of several former presidents to have a Washington DC building named after them; Franklin Delano Roosevelt has an island; Abraham Lincoln has the Lincoln Memorial; and George Washington has the nation's capital and an entire state.

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