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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:45 PM 4 hrs ago

Trump's quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn

Donald Trump’s insatiable desire to name things after himself has been clear for a very long time. And as president, he’s rapidly pushed the envelope in that regard, naming things after himself in ways it appears no previous president ever has.

But even by his standards, this quest has taken a desperate — and seemingly politically unwise — turn.

Trump last month sought to have Congress rename Dulles International Airport near DC and New York City’s Penn Station after himself.

CNN’s Manu Raju and Adam Cancryn report that Trump pitched the renamings to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as a condition for releasing billions of dollars in frozen funds for a major New York infrastructure project. Schumer, a New York Democrat, turned it down. The news was first reported by Punchbowl.




https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-quest-name-things-himself-192648339.html

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Trump's quest to name things after himself takes an even more desperate turn (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 4 hrs ago OP
Trump is desperate to leave a mark on America that will be difficult to erase. ificandream 1 hr ago #1

ificandream

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1. Trump is desperate to leave a mark on America that will be difficult to erase.
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:00 PM
1 hr ago

His lemmings will chew on the idea that these so-called "monuments" make him the greatest president of all time. And should he succeed with everything he starts (and I don't think we've seen the end of them), it will be desperately hard to erase all his markings right away. It will take years, decades, maybe even centuries to do it. He desperately wants people to not forget him. Even when he does die, it will be hard given all the crap he's done to the country.

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