西棕榈滩讯——本周四，南佛罗里达州一座机场正式更名为"唐纳德·J·特朗普总统国际机场"。
棕榈滩国际机场原有的标识牌已被拆除，新的标识牌正在陆续安装。
机场官员在脸书发帖表示："由于整个机场的改造无法一蹴而就，未来几周内，旅客在航站楼内会同时看到原有的经典标识和新的品牌元素。"
当天清晨5点刚过，特朗普集团旗下的一架波音757飞机"特朗普一号"成为新机场名称下首架抵达的航班。机上乘客包括总统之子埃里克·特朗普。特朗普家族在访问父亲位于附近棕榈滩的海湖庄园时，经常使用西棕榈滩机场。今年早些时候，从机场通往特朗普庄园的一段道路已被更名为"唐纳德·J·特朗普大道"。
埃里克·特朗普在X平台上发文称："没有人比父亲为佛罗里达州和我们的国家付出更多，也没有人比他更配得上这份殊荣。作为儿子，也作为几乎每天都要从这座机场起飞的人，看到登机牌上的'DJT'缩写，我将永远感到自豪。"
虽然更名已于周四生效，但机场的三字代码将从8月18日起由PBI改为DJT。
佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯今年早些时候签署了法案，为机场更名铺平了道路。更换机场名称预计将耗资高达550万美元，用于新标识牌、品牌推广及其他更新工作。
周四早上从该机场出发前往辛辛那提的旅客基根·科利特表示，看到新名称时感到惊讶。他认为特朗普不配拥有以自己名字命名的机场，但对此并不太在意。
"说到底，这不过是个机场的名字，"科利特说。"还有更重要的事。我觉得这更像是一种干扰，何必为此纠结呢?"
周四上午，在田纳西州丹德里奇，财政部长斯科特·贝森特、参议员玛莎·布莱克本和比尔·哈格蒂以及众议员蒂姆·伯切特共同出席了仪式，将东田纳西州的I-40大桥更名为"唐纳德·J·特朗普大桥"。
贝森特在仪式前表示，在桥梁更名这一荣誉上，"没有人比特朗普更配得上"。
在2024年大选中，特朗普在丹德里奇所在的杰斐逊县获得了82%的选票。
South Florida's Palm Beach airport renamed
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. --A South Florida airport officially changed its name on Thursday to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
Signs for the Palm Beach International Airport have been removed, while new signage goes up.
“Because an entire airport transformation doesn’t happen overnight, you’ll notice a combination of both our classic look and our new brand elements coexisting while traveling through the terminal over the next several weeks,” airport officials said in a Facebook post.
“Trump Force One," a Boeing 757 owned by The Trump Organization, was the first plane to arrive at the airport under its new name, shortly after 5 a.m. The president's son, Eric Trump, was one of the passengers. The Trump family regularly uses the West Palm Beach airport when they visit President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in nearby Palm Beach. Astretch of roadfrom the airport to Trump’s estate was renamed Donald J. Trump Boulevard earlier this year.
“There is no person who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor,” Eric Trumppostedon X. “As a son, and someone who flies out of this airport nearly every day, I will forever be proud to see the initials ‘DJT’ on my boarding pass.”
While the name change took effect Thursday, the three-letter airport code will change from PBI to DJT on Aug. 18.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantissigned legislationearlier this year that made the name change possible. Changing the airport’s name is expected to cost as much as $5.5 million for new signs, branding and other updates.
Keegan Collett, who was departing the airport Thursday morning on his way to Cincinnati, said he was surprised to see the new name. He said he doesn't think Trump deserves to have an airport named after him but isn't necessarily bothered by it.
“At the end of the day, it’s just the name of an airport,” Collett said. "There’s bigger things. I feel like it’s just more of a distraction. Why even worry about it?"
In Dandridge, Tennessee, on Thursday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty and Representative Tim Burchett attended a ceremony to rename the I-40 Bridge in East Tennessee to the Donald J. Trump Bridge.
Bessent said ahead of the ceremony that “no one is more deserving” of the honor of a bridge renaming than Trump.
Trump received 82% of the vote in Jefferson County, where Dandridge is located, in the 2024 general election.
