Florida travelers did not mince words after Palm Beach International Airport was rebranded as the Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday.
MS NOW interviewed several people at the Florida airport to get their reactions.
“I think it’s patently absurd that we’re spending taxpayer money to rename an airport after a criminal that’s sitting in the White House,” one traveler said.
“I think it’s disgusting, ridiculous, pompous and a lot of other bad things,” another person said. “I do not like it at all.”
“I resent that the name is on every institution that we have, this included,” another traveler told MS NOW. “I resent that we have to have every institution in this country being named after Donald Trump.”
Palm Beach is home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.
Trump is the first president seeking to trademark an airport. The Trump Organization has filed for trademark rights to the airport. No other sitting president has named an airport or roadway after himself during his current term — most are named after former presidents once they have served their term, and in some cases, after they have died, MS NOW reported.