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Politics● LowOct 6 · Oct 6, 2026, 11:00 AM

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

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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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