Popular airport could become 'Donald J Trump International' under new bill

A bill was introduced over the weekend that would change the name of the Palm Beach International Airport PBI in Florida to the Donald J Trump International Airport A spokesperson in state representative Meg Weinberger s office substantiated the news to Fox News Digital President Trump is the most of consequential president of our lifetime and a resident of Palm Beach County which makes it only fitting to honor him like several other presidents before him by naming our airport Donald J Trump International Rep Weinberger disclosed in a report CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERAir Force One frequently travels to PBI due to the proximity of the president s Mar-a-Lago residence More than commercial airports in the U S are named after presidents including the popular John F Kennedy Airport in New York City Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington Virginia George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston Texas and Gerald R Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids Michigan In January Rep Addison McDowell of North Carolina along with other House Republicans introduced statute to rename the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after President Trump CLICK HERE FOR MORE LIFESTYLE STORIESThe bill has not moved beyond referral The Palm Beach airport had a record-breaking year between May and May handling over eight million passengers according to PBI TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZIt was also ranked the best in the U S for shortest overall TSA wait times by U S Customs and Frontier Protection according to information from the airport's official site Weinberger was also co-sponsor of a bill to rename a stretch of Southern Boulevard that runs four miles from PBI to Mar-a-Lago The proposal was signed by Governor Ron DeSantis but approval from local authorities is still pending Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment