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The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts
Any space will do: warships, arts centers, ballroom. And he ordered signs that criticize Obama and Biden.
Donald Trump makes a point of being in every possible location. Even when he’s not there, there’s something there in his name.
A few days ago, the new warship of the USA (which hasn’t even been built yet) has already received the Trump designation. THE Institute of Peace of the USA bears the name of the president. One laboratory analytical system created by Congress, dedicated to the study and resolution of conflicts, bears the name Trump.
The arts don’t escape: Washington’s performing arts and music center is also called Donald Trump. THE Kennedy Center Since last week, it has become the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center. A jazz concert, which was supposed to take place on Christmas Eve, was canceled after 20 years in a row – because of the new name of the space.
And there is yet to come Arco Trump, a triumphal arch to celebrate victories of generals and emperors. The future ballroom The White House will also be named Donald J. Trump Ballroom.
O Trump Rx is a website where the government intends to offer medicines at a discount; to the Trump Accounts These are accounts with a $1,000 check invested in the stock market and redeemed for the beneficiary when they turn 18.
Also this December, we shared the news: an accelerated path to immigration – called .
In short: it is a obsession of the US president. This obsession with stamping your name everywhere, we read in .
According to historians, it is something unprecedented in the history of the White House. Presidents only began to be honored in this way – if at all – after leaving the White House. Donald Trump even appeared.
In fact, culturally, in the USA it was considered inappropriate for a president to honor himself in this way during his term of office. Until Trump appeared.
Remember that, as a businessman in the real estate market, Donald Trump had already put his name on eight skyscrapers, four hotels, seven casinos and 16 golf courses.
Problem for the current US president: the 2028 elections. When his successor takes office, he can reverse all this.
Plaques criticizing predecessors
December is being a particularly busy month for Donald Trump, in this context of changes.
There are portraits of former US presidents inside the White House. Last week, journalists discovered that beneath the portraits of Barack Obama e Joe Bidenwere placed plates who had never been there.
Obama became “Barack Hussein Obama” and is described as “one of the most divisive political figures in history”. Biden, the “sleepy one”, was “by far the worst president in US history”.
It was Donald Trump who ordered the installation of these new signs.
