Trump’s signature will appear on dollar bills, Treasury says
President Donald Trump’s signature will appear on all future U.S. banknotes. This is a first for a sitting president.
Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation on Monday, March 30, to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald Trump. It will be the latest in a series of buildings, agencies, government programs, warships and funds to bear the president’s name.
The decision to rename the airport after President Trump follows the state of Florida’s approval last year of a plan to donate a site in downtown Miami as the site of the Trump Presidential Library. Trump is originally from New York and moved to Florida in 2019.
Before moving, he lived in a penthouse at Trump Tower, but has since made the Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida his primary residence.
Before you can change your name, you must submit a formal request to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Federal Aviation Administration handles changes to various flight charts and navigation databases, as well as changes to airport signage.
Last week, Congressman Brian Mast introduced a bill to change the airport’s three-letter code from PBI to DJT, which stands for President Trump’s initials.
The U.S. Treasury Department announced last week that starting this summer, President Trump’s signature will appear on U.S. banknotes, marking the first time a sitting president has signed a U.S. note. Trump’s name is also attached to a planned class of Navy warships, a visa program for wealthy foreigners, a government-run prescription drug website and a federal savings account for children.
In December, President Trump’s name was added to the board of directors of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which Trump rallied supporters to take over.
Trump’s name was also added to the U.S. Institute of Peace building in Washington in December, months after the Trump administration took control of the nonprofit and nearly shut it down.
Earlier this month, the Federal Arts Commission, made up of members appointed by President Trump, approved a commemorative gold coin featuring Trump’s likeness, part of a series of coins the U.S. Mint plans to produce to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary this year.
The White House acknowledged in February that President Trump had floated the idea of dropping funding for the Hudson River Tunnel project in New York in exchange for supporting renaming Washington Dulles Airport and New York Penn Station in his honor.
(Reporting by David Shepherdson; Editing by Chris Rees)
