Palm Beach International (PBI) To Become Donald J Trump (DJT), Rebranding Entire County Airport With Trump Name July 1st.
So the name change is official on July 1st, and the airport code is supposed to change on August 18th. Is anyone else really bummed the airport is being politicized like this? I don't want to have Donald Trump's initials on my airline ticket every time I fly back to Palm Beach. I don't want to have to type his initials every time I use Google Flights. I find it sad the airport will have to get rid of the Welcome to... Palm Beach sign and instead it will read Welcome to... Donald J Trump. Having the PBI airport code was kind of cool like how the airport code for Miami is MIA, Los Angeles LAX, and Atlanta ATL. Now it's welcome to the DJT, and no we're not talking Disc Jockey bottle service at LIV/E11EVEN or blacking out at Twist we are talking about... president Trump. It feels almost like the entire city and county is being rebranded as Donald J Trump "DJT".
Think of all the people coming here for the first time and the first thing they see and think about when they get outside for vacation, work, visiting family, or just coming home is the incredibly divisive and angry figure that is Donald J Trump. I wish there was something we could do to just keep the airport as Palm Beach International. Are they going to have to replace Gracie the Airplane mascot with "Coalie" the lump of coal? I can already feel myself getting the black lung.