Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down

[marmar]

Why every vestige of Trump must be torn down
He's trying to create a physical legacy. The moment he's out of power, it has to be smashed to bits.

Paul Waldman
Dec 29, 2025


Donald Trump has always loved slapping his name on things. It reflects a desperate desire for acknowledgement, a yearning to be seen and known by others, a cry of “I exist, and I am important!” shouted to the universe.

Now, with the power of the federal government in his hands, he’s doing more of it than ever — much more than in his first term.

It goes beyond an exercise in branding. Trump is seeking a physical legacy, a collection of signs and structures that will pay eternal tribute to his greatness. Which is why it is so important — and why it will be so rewarding — for the next Democratic president to tear it all down and smash it to bits.

This isn’t just about petty revenge, even if there is undoubtedly some of that going on here. Emerging from this dark period in our history will require a sweeping, comprehensive strategy of repudiation and repair, one that encompasses the substantive, the procedural, and the symbolic. Fortunately, removing the physical remnants of Trumpism will be much simpler than reconstituting the federal workforce or rebuilding our security alliances. ...................(more)

https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-renaming-buildings-for-himself

[DinahMoeHum]

1. With apologies to the movie "The Ten Commandments". . .

Let the name of Trump be stricken from every book and tablet, stricken from all pylons and obelisks, stricken from every monument of America and the world. Let the name of Trump be unheard and unspoken, erased from the memory of men and women for all time.

So let it be written. . .So let it be done.

[rampartd]

3. yul brenner sure knew how to handle these azzwholes.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. Wasn't him, it was Cedric Hardwicke.

n/t

[Easterncedar]

2. I thought the ugliness of naming an airport after Ron wouldn't survive

The guy who broke the air traffic controllers? Ridiculous.

But I remember when the rockets were launched at Cape Kennedy.

[hlthe2b]

7. To this day I have never referred to it as anything but "National Airport," correcting those who do otherwise...

I can't tell you how many taxi drivers (Uber, Lyft, now) of a certain age (or educated on the matter) grin and likewise call it National--at least to me.

[sop]

4. 'The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification'

(Tne New Republic) "As the president graffitis his name to beloved institutions and builds monuments to his own vanity, we must focus on how much fun it will be to tear it all down."

https://newrepublic.com/article/204699/detrumpification-will-be-very-fun

[hlthe2b]

5. No argument here. I'd gladly join Kerry Kennedy in the start of those efforts...

[kimbutgar]

6. His name should be synonymous with Benedict Arnold, McCarthy and any other ruthless dictator who destroyed

Our democracy and country.

When you hear American traitor his name should come to mind synonymously.

[Aristus]

8. Good luck with that.

After he bites the Big One, Red State America is going to plaster his name on everything. Every squalid hellhole and smoldering slag heap in Third Tier America will have that lumpy, soft-edged, single syllable all over them. Every meth-penny and odd-job sawbuck will be spent, not on education or health care, but on plastering his name everywhere it will fit. Mervis and Lurleen Redneck will need to memorialize their festering demi-god of filth and corruption.

[PSPS]

10. Trump's M.O. is leave his mark on everything. "Trump was here."

From the Kennedy Center to the Bonwit Teller building to the sexual assault of young girls.