A bridge and an airport were renamed after President Donald Trump on the same day
The airport is the first in the U.S. to bear a sitting president’s name, and the code will change from PBI to DJT on Aug. 18, officials said.
- On Thursday, July 9, 2026, authorities officially renamed the Palm Beach International Airport and an I-40 bridge in Tennessee after President Donald Trump, marking the first time an airport has been named for a sitting president.
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation earlier this year prompting the airport's rebranding, which cost $2.75 million from the state budget; the airport code will change from PBI to DJT on August 18.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty, and Representative Tim Burchett attended the bridge ceremony in Dandridge, Tennessee, where Bessent said, "There is no one more deserving of it than Donald J. Trump."
- Aboard "Trump Force One," Eric Trump marked the airport renaming as the first plane to land under the new name shortly after 5 a.m. Thursday, calling the honor "humbling."
- Beyond these landmarks, the federal government has introduced programs like "Trump accounts" and commemorative coins, developments that deviate from long-standing traditions against honoring living figures on U.S. infrastructure and currency.
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Bridge Rename Sparks Tennessee Roar
Tennessee just put President Trump’s name on a major Interstate 40 bridge — and the U.S. Treasury Secretary was there to pull back the curtain. Story Highlights The Tennessee General Assembly passed a law in April 2025 naming an I-40 bridge near Douglas Lake the “President Donald J. Trump Bridge.” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent traveled...
A bridge and an airport were renamed after President Donald Trump on the same day
Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm, Florida, officially became President Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday. Meanwhile, on the same day in Dandridge, Tennessee, the Donald J. Trump Bridge was also renamed after the president.
Airport in Palm Beach officially renamed after President Trump
PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (NBC, KYMA) - A new name has officially taken flight. Thursday marked the end of the name Palm Beach International (PBI), now there is a new name: President Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT), becoming the ninth commercial airport in the country named after a president. Back in March, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) signed a bill to rename PBI after President Trump, which took effect earlier this month. As the origina…
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