Palm Beach International Airport is being renamed after Donald Trump. Not because travelers asked for it. Not because the airport needed a new identity. But because the Florida Legislature passed a law to do it, and now the public is on the hook for at least $5.5 million in rebranding costs.

That $5.5 million, paid through airport fees, will go toward replacing signage, updating terminals, and overhauling digital systems. The airport has even entered a trademark agreement with the Trump family, meaning public infrastructure is now legally entangled with a private brand. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office approved the Trump family's trademark on the new name in June.

This is not how public assets should work. Airports, bridges, and federal buildings belong to the people who use them and fund them. They are not billboards. They are not campaign merchandise. They are not a legacy project for any single politician.

In Tennessee, a bridge in Jefferson County was simultaneously renamed the President Donald J. Trump Bridge at a ceremony headlined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, a Cabinet official spending his time on a renaming ribbon-cutting while millions of Americans struggle with the cost of living.

Meanwhile, Trump's name was just removed from the Kennedy Center by federal court order after a monthslong legal battle. The pattern is clear: public assets are being converted into personal monuments at public expense.

We are calling on Palm Beach County and Florida officials to reverse the airport rename, return the money to travelers, and end the use of shared public infrastructure as a vehicle for political self-promotion.

Sign to put Palm Beach International Airport back in the hands of the public, not a personal brand.