President has affixed his name to institutions and edifices, and his visage now glowers from several federal buildings
The US has a history of naming things after its presidents.
Washington DC has the Ronald Reagan airport, while John F Kennedy international airport is New York’s main air transport thoroughfare. The Hoover Dam straddles Nevada and Arizona; Theodore Roosevelt is one of several former presidents to have a Washington DC building named after them; Franklin Delano Roosevelt has an island; Abraham Lincoln has the Lincoln Memorial; and George Washington has the nation’s capital and an entire state.
Donald Trump, however, is threatening to outdo them all – seemingly on a quest to become the US president with the most things named after him.
Less than 18 months into his second term, Trump has seen his name, face, signature daubed across government buildings, institutions and currency at an unprecedented rate, an unapologetic branding expansion that is showing no signs of slowing.
