Tangent
Since returning to office in 2025, Trump and some Republican allies have repeatedly pushed to place his name and likeness on infrastructure projects, locations, institutions and even government-issued documents. Most notably, Palm Beach International Airport was officially renamed “President Donald J. Trump International Airport” in July. Some of his supporters in Congress have also floated ideas like renaming Washington, D.C.’s, Dulles International Airport after the president, as well as New York City’s Penn Station—although both of these ideas never seemed to have gotten off the ground. His likeness appears on commemorative coins issued for the 250th anniversary, as well as on limited-edition passports and on a National Parks pass.
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Key Background
Morocco has occupied most of Western Sahara since 1975 and has been locked in a frozen conflict with the Algerian-backed Polisario Front, which seeks an independent state in the territory. Trump first recognized Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara in 2020, offering it as part of a deal for Morocco signing on to the Abraham Accords—the landmark agreement that normalized relations between Israel and some Arab states in the Middle East and North Africa. During his second term in office, the Trump administration reaffirmed U.S. support for Morocco’s claim and agreed to encourage U.S. investors to fund infrastructure projects in the territory in 2025. Morocco has been building a $1 billion deepwater port in the territory’s city of Dakhla, which featured in the video Trump shared Sunday.
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