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A history of presidents naming things after themselves (It's short. They rarely do)

NPR · Oct 6, 2026, 11:00 AM UTC

While Trump pushes to get his name on the Kennedy Center and other public sites, history shows that sitting presidents have almost always avoided putting their brands on government assets.

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