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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Adam Gabbatt

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

An elderly man walks to a lectern with the US presidential seal and a flag nearby with a 'TrumpRx.gov' sign on a wall
Donald Trump unveils the TrumpRx drug discount site at the White House on 5 February 2026. Photograph: Al Drago/Reuters

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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