The One Place Trump Doesn’t Want to See His Name |
If he keeps it up, the only thing that won’t have Donald Trump’s name on it will be Mar-a-Lago.
Lately, President Trump has been in the middle of a vanity-fueled naming binge, slapping his moniker—and what might be the most noxious brand in the world—on anything and everything with room for it.
A growing number of buildings and programs have been defaced with his name: the U.S. Peace Institute. The Kennedy Center. TrumpRx. Trump-class battleships. A Trump Gold Card for wealthy immigrants. He’s floated an “Arc de Trump” in Washington, dangled federal funding if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him, and it’s a foregone conclusion that his grotesque addition to the White House will be called the Trump Ballroom.
With three years still to go in his term, it’s not inconceivable that we’ll see the Trump Gateway Arch in St. Louis, Trump at the Alamo, Trump Stadium (take your pick), the Declaration of Trump, the Trump Bill of Rights, and almost certainly Trump on Mount Rushmore.
When he’s finally sentenced and sent to a maximum-security prison, part of a plea bargain might include renaming the penitentiary where he’s housed. Doesn’t Trump Tower at Rikers Island have a ring to it?
This coming December, when world leaders arrive in Miami for the G20, they may be greeted by an obscene 22-foot golden statue—Don........