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From there, a brief drive along President Donald J. Trump Boulevard leads to his private club.
The history between Trump and the airport is quite controversial. Back in 2015, he initiated a $100 million lawsuit seeking to restrict the flight paths over his club.
After assuming the presidency, Trump withdrew the lawsuit and instead established a no-fly zone in the vicinity.
Located at the northern tip of the extended, slender metropolitan stretch that extends to Miami, Palm Beach is uniquely positioned.
The Federal Aviation Administration will also need to sign off on the name change, but there is nothing to suggest it will stand in the way.
While it is not uncommon for airports to be named after US presidents, it usually happens long after they have left office.
Four years earlier, the airport in Little Rock, Arkansas, was renamed Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport.
It is typical for presidents to resist things being named after them while they are in office.
In 1974, Congress passed a bill to rename a federal courthouse in Ford’s home town after the sitting president.
“I know of no Federal office buildings that have been named for a President while still in office,” Ford wrote in a memo.
“This legislation might begin a precedent I believe it best not to establish.”
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