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Michelle Cottle's opinion piece criticizes Donald Trump's efforts to rename public landmarks like airports and train stations in his honor. The author argues this is an attempt to build a legacy through appropriation rather than creation, and is a form of 'presidential graffiti'. The article suggests that debranding efforts after Trump's time in office should be slow and steady.
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- Michelle Cottle's opinion piece criticizes Donald Trump's efforts to rename public landmarks like airports and train stations in his honor. The author argues this is an attempt to build a legacy through appropriation rather than creation, and is a form of 'presidential graffiti'. The article suggests that debranding efforts after Trump's time in office should be slow and steady.
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But it increasingly feels as though someone at the White House should leave a printout of \u201cOzymandias\u201d next to his TV remote.In recent discussions, Trump administration officials reportedly told Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the Senate minority leader, that the president would unfreeze billions in funding for a delayed rail tunnel under the Hudson River \u2014 if Mr. Schumer would push to rename Penn Station in New York and Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., in Mr. Trump\u2019s honor. Never mind that the president shouldn\u2019t hold hostage billions in congressionally appropriated funding.Mr. Schumer reportedly refused, thank God. It\u2019s easy to imagine that slippery slope whizzing us to a landscape cluttered with Trump-branded turnpikes, rivers and dams stretching from the Gulf of Trump to the Golden Trump Bridge.But do not exhale yet. Mr. Trump is still on a renaming crusade that seems aimed not at building a legacy so much as appropriating those of others. He seems to find that approach easier.As president, the real estate mogul and self-proclaimed builder of great things has turned out to be not much of a builder at all. He tears stuff down. Occasionally, as with the East Wing of the White House, he destroys something meaningful, with an eye toward replacing it with a bigger, golder version more befitting his imperial tastes. But he seems to lack what it takes to create or even to inspire institutions or monuments built to endure.Sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter Get expert analysis of the news and a guide to the big ideas shaping the world every weekday morning. Get it sent to your inbox.Drawing glory and profit from the creations of others has long been part of Mr. Trump\u2019s M.O. The Trump Organization has licensed the family name for use on other companies\u2019 developments. At developments as far afield as Trump International Hotel and Tower Vancouver and Trump private mansions in the United Arab Emirates, licensing agreements let Mr. Trump take credit for a global real estate empire while avoiding the construction work and assuming none of the responsibility.Now in his golden years, the president seems determined to put his stamp on public landmarks and institutions built neither by him nor in his honor. He has rebranded the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the U.S. Institute of Peace, even while trying to gut the institute. Ever obsessed with football, he reportedly wants his name on the new stadium planned for the Washington Commanders. A Trump-Dulles airport rebrand would help him one-up his presidential predecessors, seeing as the international airport is much bigger than the nearby Ronald Reagan National Airport. And a Trump Penn Station, in the heart of Manhattan, would rub his name in the faces of all those snooty New Yorkers who continue to deny him the respect he has craved for his entire adult life. No matter how rich or successful he becomes, Mr. Trump, a Queens native, remains an outer boroughs boy stewing over the contempt of his hometown\u2019s cultural elite.With his low popularity, Mr. Trump may be realizing that he will never win broad public adulation. Then again, maybe he\u2019s operating out of pure, untethered vanity. Either way, he aims to elbow his way into the everyday lives of an ungrateful nation, even \u2014 especially \u2014 in places that don\u2019t much care for him, while he can still bully people to comply.For a dismayed public, there are consolations. Mr. Trump\u2019s renaming effort carries the stench of stolen valor, but it results in less cruelty and human suffering than so much else the president is up to. Carving his name into buildings might be self-indulgent, but no one is getting gunned down in the process. Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the House minority leader, has derided the renaming as \u201cpresidential graffiti,\u201d which captures its inherent pettiness.It is also worth remembering that what has been renamed once can be renamed again. Trumpism will not last forever. Elements might endure, but the MAGA movement is at heart a cult of personality unlikely to outlast its singular leader for very long in its existing form. And whenever the fever breaks, America can begin to figure out when and how much of Mr. Trump\u2019s self-honoring to roll back.Scrubbing the names of discredited authoritarians from the public square is nothing new. Some countries go the full purge. Others, as with Italy\u2019s post-Mussolini cleanse, are less meticulous. Post-Trump, the sensible approach to debranding will probably be slow and steady. Lunging forward the moment Mr. Trump cedes the stage would only trigger a backlash from the G.O.P. base. Heaven forbid we wind up in an endless cycle of rerebranding insanity, depending on who controls Washington at any given moment.Removing presidential graffiti promises to be one of the easier repair jobs. Government agencies, policy programs, democratic norms, the rule of law \u2014 Mr. Trump is smearing his grubby fingerprints across so much more than a few edifices. The reconstruction will be long and daunting, especially if we take the opportunity to (with apologies to President Joe Biden) build back better. There are no quick fixes. Pretending otherwise would just lay the groundwork for public disappointment and bitterness.As for the Trumpian faithful who may remain, they should be encouraged to celebrate their chief in the private sphere. Already there is a 15-foot gilded statue, nicknamed Don Colossus, awaiting installation on the grounds of Mr. Trump\u2019s Doral golf complex in Florida. Why stop there? Mar-a-Lago, Bedminster, Trump Tower \u2014 so many Trump properties are waiting to be adorned with ostentatious tributes funded by fans. This is America. People have a God-given right to flush their money down whatever gold-plated toilets they choose. Just leave public tax dollars and venerable institutions out of it.Michelle Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion. She has covered Washington and politics since the Clinton administration. @mcottleThe Times is committed to publishing a diversity of letters to the editor. We\u2019d like to hear what you think about this or any of our articles. Here are some tips. 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AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTOpinionSupported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENTMichelle CottleTrump Steaks, Trump University, Trump International Airport? This Has to Stop.Feb. 10, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ETCredit...Maddie McGarvey for The New York TimesListen to this article Β· 6:00 min Learn moreShare full articleBy Michelle CottleMs. Cottle writes about national politics for Opinion.President Trump is not a renowned reader. But it increasingly feels as though someone at the White House should leave a printout of βOzymandiasβ next to his TV remote.In recent discussions, Trump administration officials reportedly told Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the Senate minority leader, that the president would unfreeze billions in funding for a delayed rail tunnel under the Hudson River β if Mr. Schumer would push to rename Penn Station in New York and Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C., in Mr. Trumpβs honor. Never mind that the president shouldnβt hold hostage billions in congressionally a...
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163617-80b8-4ee7-ab24-304b9c2a34cbSimplified: President Trump is not a renowned reader
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics , Infrastructure π a1163617-aa49-4d4d-9b5c-82f52b649804Simplified: Trump administration officials reportedly told Chuck Schumer that President Trump would unfreeze billions in funding for a delayed rail tunnel if Schu...
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163617-c4e7-4fdf-97fc-18f6ea3e0cccSimplified: Schumer reportedly refused
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163617-d8a6-4e00-a871-29c11c2f9b18Simplified: As president the real estate mogul has turned out to be not much of a builder
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He tears stuff down.0.900π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163617-f2f2-44e3-a0a6-c5b7ab7884bcSimplified: He tears stuff down
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163618-2025-48ea-b2b5-18ea1e441fcaSimplified: He seems to lack what it takes to create or inspire enduring institutions or monuments
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Drawing glory and profit from the creations of others has long been part of Mr. Trumpβs M.O.0.900π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163618-3476-492a-8727-bada5d545c3eSimplified: Drawing glory and profit from others' creations has long been part of Trump's M.O.
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The Trump Organization has licensed the family name for use on other companiesβ developments.0.950π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Business π a1163618-4aa3-46df-bc1a-56e2ccd1f2a7Simplified: The Trump Organization has licensed the family name for use on other companies' developments
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163618-6f85-4294-b71f-25c508ed1f61Simplified: He has rebranded the John F Kennedy Center and the US Institute of Peace
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People have a God-given right to flush their money down whatever gold-plated toilets they choose.0.900π€ The author π Opinion Article π a116361a-b21d-4324-a8c1-d202b4e6e176Simplified: People have right to flush money down gold-plated toilets
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics , Infrastructure π a1163618-bf50-437a-bd4d-3673e1c684e9Simplified: A Trump-Dulles airport rebrand would help him one-up his predecessors because the international airport is much bigger than Ronald Reagan National Air...
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163618-decf-45e3-a62b-a544110b180eSimplified: Trump a Queens native remains an outer boroughs boy stewing over contempt of his hometown's cultural elite
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With his low popularity, Mr. Trump may be realizing that he will never win broad public adulation.0.850π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163618-f530-43eb-bba2-720cd38d3973Simplified: With low popularity Trump may be realizing he will never win broad public adulation
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163619-0c12-447f-aecb-b749dcf52952Simplified: He aims to elbow his way into the everyday lives of an ungrateful nation while he can still bully people to comply
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163619-2467-4f2c-929f-20dfdbd8c80fSimplified: Trump's renaming effort carries the stench of stolen valor but results in less cruelty and suffering than much else the president does
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163619-3c45-4b1a-84a6-9a9af9d9a1e7Simplified: Carving his name into buildings might be self-indulgent but no one is getting gunned down
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163619-554b-4689-9876-da69db8ba070Simplified: Hakeem Jeffries derided the renaming as presidential graffiti
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163619-696b-4da6-a51b-cdc125cbe2e7Simplified: Trumpism will not last forever
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163619-806c-403a-a007-6d3ed0cd3e69Simplified: The sensible approach to debranding will probably be slow and steady
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163619-9425-48be-9c6f-aacfc222f65eSimplified: Lunging forward the moment Trump cedes the stage would only trigger a backlash from the G.O.P. base
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a1163619-e233-4997-a9ea-32d738991163Simplified: Removing presidential graffiti promises to be one of the easier repair jobs
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a116361a-106f-49ad-a5d3-4c1a6796cb24Simplified: Trump is smearing his grubby fingerprints across much more than a few edifices
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a116361a-3759-40f1-91b9-b210d877ca85Simplified: The reconstruction will be long and daunting
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a116361a-5afe-48e9-a0f4-d6e192d4fa60Simplified: There are no quick fixes
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a116361a-79f9-4dfe-b0e1-22ca38c5b7a9Simplified: Pretending otherwise would lay the groundwork for public disappointment and bitterness
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π€ Michelle Cottle π Opinion Article π·οΈ Politics π a116361a-964c-4f74-a485-57701ec1b365Simplified: They should be encouraged to celebrate their chief in the private sphere
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π€ The author π Opinion Article π a116361a-cc9d-46e3-8e11-2d8f75195ae8Simplified: Leave public tax dollars and venerable institutions out of it