His name on everything

Board he chairs put his name on the Kennedy Center; a judge ordered it removed

Trump’s hand-picked board, which had made him chairman, voted on Dec. 18, 2025 to rename the venue “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts” and his name went on the building. A federal judge ruled on May 29, 2026 that “Congress gave the Kennedy Center its name, and only Congress can change it” and ordered the signage removed, which was done in June. In September 2026 Trump said the center could be “ripped down” without “recognition” and that he would not spend the $257 million Congress appropriated for its renovation unless it bears his name.

Their response: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on X: “Congratulations to President Donald J. Trump, and likewise, congratulations to President Kennedy, because this will be a truly great team long into the future.” The center said the board vote was unanimous; Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex officio trustee, disputed that.

Sources: CNN: Kennedy Center board votes to add Trump’s name (Dec. 18, 2025) · CNN: judge says Trump can’t add name or close the center (May 29, 2026) · NBC News: photos show Trump’s name removed · ABC News: Trump says center could be “ripped down” · CNN: Kennedy Center funding and attendance (Sept. 19, 2026)

Kennedy Center under his chairmanship: sales fell, staff were cut, and his board voted to close it

$257M in repair money on hold over the name

After Trump fired 18 trustees and was made chairman in February 2025, Kennedy Center subscription sales fell 36% by June 2025, and the Washington Post reported from internal documents that ticket sales and fundraising dropped further after his name went on the building in December 2025. A September 2026 trustees’ report said the center would be unable to pay staff within weeks and that putting his name on the facade might be the only way to avoid “certain fiscal collapse”; on Sept. 15, hours after a judge again barred the name, the board voted to close most of the venue. Trump said the repairs, for which Congress provided $257 million, “will not take place” unless courts allow his name, and the 2026 Kennedy Center Honors were moved to a sports arena.

Their response: Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi blamed “decades of neglect and deferred maintenance by the previous leadership.” A spokesperson said the center had historically run an operating deficit of about $100 million a year, that prior leadership left a $26 million deficit, and that Trump’s name had attracted new donors. Trump said he had raised $17 million to “keep it afloat.”

Sources: PBS News / AP: board votes to close over naming dispute and financial trouble (Sept. 15, 2026) · The Guardian: leaders say Trump’s name may avoid “fiscal collapse” (Sept. 14, 2026) · CBS News: board votes to close immediately (Sept. 16, 2026) · CNN: Trump and the Kennedy Center (Sept. 19, 2026) · PBS News / AP: Honors moved to Capital One Arena (Oct. 2, 2026)

250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington: no budget, no vote in Congress, review cut short

$15M reserved for planning (PBS News); no published budget

Trump’s planned 250-foot triumphal arch at Memorial Circle, between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, has no published budget; PBS News reported in August 2026 that some estimates exceed $100 million and that the National Endowment for the Humanities had reserved $15 million for initial planning, and a White House official has said a mix of public and private money will pay for it. Trump says he needs no approval from Congress; three Vietnam veterans and an architectural historian sued in February 2026, arguing that federal law requires it. The Commission of Fine Arts, whose members he all appointed, approved the design in May 2026 after 99.5% of 600 new public comments were negative, and the National Park Service found adverse effects on dozens of historic sites but backed the site anyway. As of Oct. 2, 2026 the historic-preservation consultation had been terminated after two meetings and a final planning-commission vote was expected in early November.

Their response: Trump, May 21, 2026: “We’re doing it, it’s, the land is owned ... by the Interior Department, we don’t need anything from Congress.” White House spokesperson Davis Ingle said the arch will be “one of the most iconic landmarks not only in Washington DC, but throughout the world” and “a visual reminder of the noble sacrifices borne by so many American heroes.”

Sources: PBS News: how Trump’s construction projects are costing taxpayers (Aug. 13, 2026) · NPR: veterans and Democrats protest the arch; review terminated (Oct. 2, 2026) · PBS News / AP: Park Service backs arch despite impact on sightlines (Aug. 28, 2026) · CNN: arch approved by Commission of Fine Arts (May 21, 2026) · The Guardian: new renderings of the arch; White House on funding (April 10, 2026)

East Wing torn down before any review; he fired the arts panel, and two courts said Congress must approve

Trump had the White House East Wing demolished in October 2025 without approval from the two federal panels that review construction in Washington, and on Oct. 28 he fired all six members of one of them, the Commission of Fine Arts. The White House submitted its plans to the other, the National Capital Planning Commission, in December and presented them on Jan. 8, 2026, months after work began; the arts panel he had refilled with allies approved the project in February, and the planning commission, chaired by White House aide Will Scharf, gave final approval on April 2 although public comments were overwhelmingly opposed. A federal judge ruled on March 31, 2026 that “no statute comes close to giving the President the authority he claims to have,” and an appeals court agreed 2-1 on Aug. 7 that the ballroom “is for Congress to decide and is not a matter for Executive self-help”; the Supreme Court let building continue on Aug. 31 while the case goes on.

Their response: Trump, after the March 31 ruling: “We built many things at the White House over the years. They don’t get congressional approval.” A White House official said of the fired arts commissioners: “We are preparing to appoint a new slate of members to the commission that are more aligned with President Trump’s America First Policies.” Scharf said the planning commission does not usually have jurisdiction over demolition and site work.

Sources: The Guardian: Trump fires federal arts board (Oct. 29, 2025) · PBS News / AP: ballroom plan presented for review months after construction began (Jan. 8, 2026) · PBS News / AP: ballroom gets final approval despite judge’s ruling (April 2, 2026) · PBS News / AP: appeals court rules Congress must approve (Aug. 7, 2026) · PBS News / AP: Supreme Court allows construction to continue (Aug. 31, 2026)

Gilded Oval Office, paved Rose Garden, marble bathroom: costs mostly undisclosed

New York magazine counted changes to more than 100 Washington structures since Trump returned, including a gilded Oval Office, a Rose Garden turned into a stone patio, a remodeled Lincoln Bathroom, a new helipad and a “Presidential Walk of Fame”, and put the total price tag “somewhere north of a billion dollars”. Asked in October 2025 who his planned triumphal arch was for, Trump answered: “Me.”

Their response: Trump has not said what the arch will cost or how it will be paid for (CBS News). The White House referred NPR’s questions to his public remarks; it says the ballroom is privately funded.

Sources: New York magazine (Sept. 4, 2026) · CBS News: Trump shows model of arch, says it is for “Me” · NPR: Trump’s proposed arch (Oct. 16, 2025) · NPR: Vietnam veterans sue over arch (Feb. 2026) · ABC7 / ABC News: excavation for arch to begin within two weeks · BBC: arch to double as military complex · PBS NewsHour / AP: Lincoln Bathroom and marble floors · CNN: library renderings echo the Walk of Fame and gilded Oval Office

White House “Presidential Walk of Fame”: an autopen in place of Biden and plaques attacking predecessors

In September 2025 Trump lined the White House colonnade with gold-framed portraits of every president except Joe Biden, whose place is taken by a photo of an autopen. In December 2025 plaques were added under each portrait; Biden’s calls him “by far, the worst president in American history” and repeats the false claim that he took office “as a result of the most corrupt election ever,” Barack Obama’s calls him “one of the most divisive political figures in American history,” and Ronald Reagan’s says he was a fan of the young Trump. The display stands at the White House and is promoted on whitehouse.gov; its cost and who paid have not been disclosed.

Their response: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called the plaques “eloquently written descriptions of each president” and said “many were written directly by the president himself.” The introductory plaque says the walk was “conceived, built, and dedicated by President Donald J. Trump as a tribute to past Presidents, good, bad, and somewhere in the middle.”

Sources: CBS News / AP: Trump installs partisan plaques on “Presidential Walk of Fame” (Dec. 17, 2025) · BBC Verify: fact-checking White House plaques targeting former presidents (Dec. 18, 2025) · The Guardian: Trump attacks Democratic foes in White House presidential portraits (Dec. 17, 2025) · The White House: The Presidential Walk of Fame

His portrait and name on a $1 coin, the parks pass, passports and federal programs

The U.S. Mint began selling a 2026 $1 coin bearing Trump’s portrait on Sept. 2, 2026; the Interior Department put his image on the 2026 America the Beautiful national parks pass, prompting a lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity; and the State Department issued a commemorative passport with his portrait, later adding 250,000 more as the “Patriot Passport”. Federal programs also carry his name, including the TrumpRx.gov drug site, the Trump Gold Card visa and Trump Accounts for children. No separate cost for the branding has been published.

Their response: The State Department said it expanded the passport run “in response to overwhelming demand.” The Treasury called the coin a way to honor “the enduring legacy of liberty.”

Sources: CoinNews: Treasury unveils Trump $1 coin (July 16, 2026) · CoinNews: Trump dollar sales after Sept. 2 release · NBC News: lawsuit over Trump’s image on park passes · State Department: commemorative passports (July 30, 2026) · NPR: TrumpRx website announced · CBS News: Trump Gold Card visa · IRS: guidance on Trump Accounts

His signature on dollar bills, a $250 gold coin with his portrait, and plans for a $250 note

The Treasury announced in March 2026 that Trump’s signature would go on U.S. banknotes, a first for a sitting president, replacing the U.S. treasurer’s signature carried since 1861. In May it confirmed that the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was preparing a $250 note with his portrait in case Congress passes a Republican bill that has not moved; federal law bars living people on paper money and does not provide for a $250 denomination. Separately the Mint will sell a one-ounce $250 gold coin with his portrait from Nov. 5, 2026, after a Fine Arts commission made up of his appointees approved a gold Trump coin in March; a Mint official said the Treasury secretary’s power to issue 24-karat gold coins gets around the bar on living presidents.

Their response: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J Trump than US dollar bills bearing his name.” On the $250 note he said he did not think there was “anything untoward” and that it was “up to” Congress. A Treasury spokesperson said no tax dollars were used because the printing bureau is self-funded.

Sources: BBC: Trump’s signature to appear on US bank notes (March 26, 2026) · CNN: Treasury planning for a possible $250 bill with Trump’s image (May 28, 2026) · BBC: US government prepares to print $250 note featuring Trump’s face (May 28, 2026) · PBS News / AP: Trump commemorative gold coin approved (March 19, 2026) · CoinNews: Mint reveals $250 Trump gold coin (Sept. 11, 2026)

A planned class of Navy battleships was named after him; CBO prices 15 ships at $275 billion

Trump announced on Dec. 22, 2025 a new Navy battleship class named the Trump class, with the first ship to be called Defiant. The Congressional Budget Office estimated on Aug. 5, 2026 that 15 of the now nuclear-powered ships would cost about $275 billion in 2026 dollars, including $23.4 billion for the first.

Sources: Warsight: CBO report on Trump-class battleships (Aug. 7, 2026) · Congressional Budget Office publication 62550 (not opened, blocked)

The Air Force’s next fighter jet was designated F-47, in part for the 47th president

Trump announced on March 21, 2025 that Boeing would build the Air Force’s next-generation fighter and that it would be called the F-47, saying “The generals picked a title, and it’s a beautiful number.” The Air Force said the number honors the World War II P-47 and the service’s founding in 1947 “while also recognizing the 47th @POTUS’s pivotal support” for the program. Development alone is expected to cost more than $20 billion, according to the AP. In January 2026 Trump said: “I don’t know why they called it 47 ... But if I don’t like it, I’m going to take that 47 off.”

Their response: Trump, March 2025: “The generals picked a title, and it’s a beautiful number.” The Air Force’s stated reasons also include the P-47 Thunderbolt and its 1947 founding year.

Sources: The War Zone: possible change to F-47 designation raised by Trump (Jan. 21, 2026) · MS NOW: why Trump touted the designation of the F-47 (March 21, 2025) · NPR: Trump says Boeing will build the F-47 (March 22, 2025)

State Department renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace after him

On Dec. 3, 2025 the State Department announced that the U.S. Institute of Peace, an independent institute created by Congress that the administration had taken over and defunded, was renamed the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, and his name was added to its Washington headquarters. The department said the change was made “to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation’s history.”

Their response: White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said the institute “was once a bloated, useless entity that blew $50 million per year while delivering no peace” and that the new name “will stand as a powerful reminder of what strong leadership can accomplish for global stability.”

Sources: The Independent: Trump renames the US Institute of Peace after himself

Palm Beach airport renamed for him while in office; his company trademarked the name first

$5.5M renaming cost; $2.75M from the state

Palm Beach International Airport became President Donald J. Trump International Airport on July 9, 2026 under a Florida law passed along party lines and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in March, and its code changed from PBI to DJT on Aug. 18; he is the first president to have an airport named for him while in office. The airport puts the cost of the change at about $5.5 million, of which the state is paying $2.75 million. The Trump family’s company filed trademark applications for the name in February, before the bill was signed, so the county had to sign a license to use it; the license bars royalties from airport merchandise, but trademark lawyers told NPR it does not stop the company selling its own. Two local lawsuits challenge the renaming.

Their response: Trump Organization spokesperson Kimberly Benza: “the President and his family will not receive any royalty, licensing fee, or financial consideration whatsoever from the airport renaming.” Eric Trump: “There is no person who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor.” The White House did not respond to NPR.

Sources: NPR: Florida airport officially renamed for Trump (July 9, 2026) · NBC News: Florida airport and Tennessee bridge renamed on the same day (July 9, 2026) · Business Insider: renaming cost an estimated $5.5 million (Aug. 18, 2026)

He floated naming Penn Station and Dulles airport after himself while holding up $16 billion tunnel

$16B tunnel project whose funds were frozen

News reports in early February 2026, citing people close to the talks, said Trump told Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer he would release frozen federal money for the $16 billion Gateway rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey if Schumer agreed to rename New York’s Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after him. Trump said Schumer had suggested it; Schumer called that an “absolute lie”; and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt then said the renaming “is something the President floated in his conversation with Chuck Schumer.” The administration had frozen the congressionally approved funds in October 2025, and on Feb. 6, 2026 a federal judge in Manhattan ordered payments resumed. Whether the release of the money was made conditional on the renaming rests on unnamed sources.

Their response: Trump: “Chuck Schumer suggested that to me, about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station. Dulles Airport is really separate.” Leavitt: “It is something the President floated in his conversation with Chuck Schumer.” Schumer: “Absolute lie. He knows it. Everyone knows it.”

Sources: The Independent: Schumer denies Trump’s claim on Penn Station (Feb. 7, 2026) · Time: Leavitt contradicts Trump on effort to rename Penn Station (Feb. 10, 2026)

He wants the Washington Commanders’ new $3.7 billion stadium named after him, ESPN reported

ESPN reported on Nov. 8, 2025 that Trump had told a member of the Washington Commanders’ ownership group he wants the team’s planned $3.7 billion stadium at the RFK site named for him, as a tribute and not as a paid sponsorship. The land is controlled by the National Park Service and the District of Columbia will lease the stadium to the team, so federal agencies he oversees must approve the project; one source told ESPN “He can make it very difficult to get this stadium built unless people align with him on the name.” The team declined to comment and no naming has been announced.

Their response: White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt: “That would be a beautiful name, as it was President Trump who made the rebuilding of the new stadium possible.” A senior White House official told ESPN: “It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen.”

Sources: The Guardian: Trump reportedly wants new NFL stadium named after him (Nov. 8, 2025)

Bills to carve him on Mount Rushmore, make his birthday a holiday and put him on the $100 bill have stalled

House Republicans introduced bills in early 2025 to carve Trump’s figure on Mount Rushmore (H.R. 792, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna), make “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day” a federal holiday (H.R. 1395, Rep. Claudia Tenney), rename Washington Dulles airport “Donald J. Trump International Airport” (H.R. 691) and put his portrait on the $100 bill (H.R. 1790). GovTrack shows all four still at the first stage, introduced and referred to committee, with no vote. One measure did advance: on July 22, 2025 the House Appropriations Committee voted 33 to 25 to add language to a spending bill naming the Kennedy Center’s opera house the “First Lady Melania Trump Opera House”; that bill had not passed the full Congress.

Their response: None of these is an administration proposal; they were introduced by Republican members of the House.

Sources: GovTrack: H.R. 792, carving of Trump on Mount Rushmore · GovTrack: H.R. 1395, Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act · GovTrack: H.R. 691, Dulles as Donald J. Trump International Airport · GovTrack: H.R. 1790, Golden Age Act of 2025 ($100 bill) · Hollywood Reporter: House Republicans vote to rename opera house after Melania Trump (July 22, 2025)

National parks made his birthday a free-entry day and dropped Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth

The Interior Department’s 2026 calendar of free-entry days at national parks, announced on Nov. 25, 2025, lists “Flag Day/President Trump’s birthday (June 14, 2026)” and removes Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth, which had been free days. Theodore Roosevelt’s birthday and the Park Service’s own anniversary were also added, and the free days apply to U.S. residents only. June 14 is also Flag Day.

Their response: The Interior Department called the dates “patriotic fee-free days” reflecting “Trump’s commitment to making national parks more accessible, more affordable and more efficient for the American people.” It did not immediately respond to NPR’s request for comment on the removals.

Sources: Interior Department press release (Nov. 25, 2025) · NPR: fee-free calendar drops MLK Day, Juneteenth and adds Trump’s birthday (Dec. 6, 2025)

UFC cage fights on the White House lawn for his 80th birthday, with $1 million sponsor packages

$60M+ put into the event (Park Service filing); public share undisclosed

On June 14, 2026, his 80th birthday, the UFC staged a fight card on the White House South Lawn before more than 4,000 spectators, billed as part of the nation’s 250th anniversary. Trump says the UFC paid; the National Park Service told a court that more than $60 million had gone into the event and that seven government agencies had “allocated significant resources and manpower,” a public cost that has not been disclosed. NBC News reported that sponsorship packages with ringside seats sold for $1 million or more, and Trump’s own disclosure shows he bought $15,001 to $50,000 of stock in the UFC’s parent company on March 25, 2026. A federal judge refused to block the event on June 12, finding the plaintiffs likely lacked standing and had sued too late.

Their response: The White House called the lawsuit “an obstructionist, baseless, and dilatory” attempt to stop an event “no different than the various other White House-hosted events on the South Lawn.” Spokesperson Allison Schuster: “Having this spectacle take place at the people’s house on Flag Day during our nations’ semiquincentennial anniversary is a fitting tribute.” Officials have said Trump’s financial advisers, not he, decide his stock trades.

Sources: PBS News / AP: Trump celebrates 80th birthday ahead of UFC fights on South Lawn (June 14, 2026) · PBS News / AP: judge rules UFC fights can go ahead (June 12, 2026) · NBC News: the cage match for tickets to Trump’s UFC fight (May 11, 2026) · HuffPost: Trump bought stock in UFC’s parent company (May 29, 2026) · PBS News / AP: lawsuit aims to block UFC fight (June 7, 2026)

His own 250th-anniversary group got $68 million in public money and sold donors access to him

$68.3M in Interior grants (federal grant records)

Trump set up Freedom 250, housed inside the National Park Foundation, to run the 250th-anniversary events he favors, alongside the bipartisan America250 commission that Congress created a decade ago. Federal grant records show the Interior Department gave the foundation at least $68.3 million for anniversary events by April 29, 2026, while the commission told Congress it had received $25 million of the $100 million it expected from a $150 million appropriation. Freedom 250 also offered sponsors packages from $500,000 to more than $10 million that included, for the biggest donors, a private reception hosted by Trump, a photo and a speaking slot on July 4; sponsors include Palantir, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and UnitedHealth Group, which do business with the government, and CNBC reported that much of the money is hidden from public view. Its events included a “Great American State Fair” on the National Mall that at least eight states declined to join.

Their response: Freedom 250 spokesperson Danielle Alvarez called a House Democratic report on the group “a partisan smear” and said “The claims are categorically false.” An Interior spokesperson said the department “looks forward to celebrating Freedom 250 and saluting 250 years of American greatness alongside President Donald J. Trump - the most iconic and accomplished President in the history of our great nation.”

Sources: ABC News: who is paying for America’s 250th celebrations (July 3, 2026) · NOTUS: America’s bipartisan birthday commission is losing to Trump (June 2, 2026) · CNBC: Freedom 250 draws corporate sponsors with business before the administration (July 3, 2026) · PBS News: how Trump politicized America’s 250th birthday (July 2026)

TrumpIRA.gov puts his name on a 2022 savings match; a poll found the TrumpRx name cut approval

By executive order of April 30, 2026, Trump directed the Treasury to set up a government website called TrumpIRA.gov by Jan. 1, 2027 to steer workers to retirement accounts and to the federal Saver’s Match of up to $1,000 a year. The order itself says the match was “enacted in the bipartisan SECURE 2.0 Act (Public Law 117-328),” a law signed in December 2022, before he returned to office. The White House website now lists it beside TrumpRx, Trump Accounts, the Trump Gold Card and Trump TV. A YouGov experiment in February 2026 found that 57% of Americans approved of the government’s drug-discount website when it was described without its name and 41% when it was called TrumpRx. The cost of building and promoting the new site has not been published.

Their response: The order says its purpose is “to increase public awareness of the Federal Saver’s Match” and to give workers without employer plans “access to low-cost investments similar to those offered to Federal workers.” No statement on the choice of name was found.

Sources: White House: executive order establishing TrumpIRA.gov (April 30, 2026) · TrumpIRA.gov (Treasury Department site) · GovTrack: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub.L. 117-328), signed Dec. 29, 2022 · YouGov: the TrumpRx name turns off some Americans (Feb. 2026)

White House launched “Trump TV”, a 24-hour government stream of his “greatest hits”

In September 2026 the White House launched “Trump TV: The Essentials Station,” a round-the-clock video channel on whitehouse.gov, the official White House app and its YouTube account, on the same day major TV networks suspended their White House pool coverage in protest. Axios found it showing curated clips of past Trump speeches and executive actions with no anchors or news content, and reported that it is unclear who staffs the channel or decides its programming. The White House page labels its ordinary feed “CH 45” and Trump TV “CH 47.” No budget has been disclosed.

Their response: Kaelan Dorr, deputy assistant to the president: “Trump TV is a 24/7 livestream of the Administration’s greatest hits, unfiltered.” A White House official told Axios the purpose is to replay Trump’s “greatest hits that the media fails to cover fairly, oftentimes on purpose.”

Sources: Axios: Trump TV is live. Here’s what it’s actually showing (Sept. 22, 2026) · The White House: Trump TV

Giant banners of his face on federal buildings cost taxpayers thousands each

$22,400 for five banners

Giant banners of Trump’s face were hung on the Agriculture and Labor department headquarters in 2025. A report from Sen. Adam Schiff’s office, citing FOIA records, says Agriculture paid $16,400 for three banners (a Trump and a Lincoln banner that were hung, plus a third that was not), and a Labor Department spokesperson told the Washington Post its Trump and Theodore Roosevelt banners cost about $6,000. The report argues the banners break the law against taxpayer-funded propaganda.

Their response: A Labor Department spokesperson confirmed the roughly $6,000 cost to the Washington Post, as cited in the report. No White House response appears in the report.

Sources: Office of Sen. Adam Schiff: oversight report on Trump banners (Sept. 2025)

Smithsonian dropped text on his impeachments twice; a state capitol swapped his portrait at his demand

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History removed a label on Trump’s two impeachments from its presidency exhibit by Aug. 1, 2025, saying the display would later “include all impeachments.” In January 2026 the National Portrait Gallery swapped his photo for one by his White House photographer and removed caption text that mentioned the impeachments and the Jan. 6, 2021 attack; the Washington Post reported that a Trump official had earlier complained about the caption. Trump had announced in May 2025 that he was firing the gallery’s director, Kim Sajet, who resigned two weeks later although the Smithsonian’s board said such decisions were not his to make. In Colorado, a portrait of him in the state capitol was taken down after he called it “purposefully distorted,” and one donated by the White House went up in its place in July 2025.

Their response: White House spokesperson Davis Ingle, on the history museum: “We are fully supportive of updating displays to highlight American greatness.” Smithsonian spokesperson Phillip Zimmerman said the 2021 impeachment label “was intended to be a short-term measure” and that the case was restored “back to its 2008 appearance.” Trump said of the Colorado painting: “I would much prefer not having a picture than having this one.”

Sources: PBS News / AP: Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment display (Aug. 1, 2025) · Washington Post: Smithsonian removes Trump impeachment text as it swaps his portrait (Jan. 10, 2026) · The Guardian: National Portrait Gallery director resigns (June 13, 2025) · The Guardian: new Trump portrait hangs in Colorado capitol (July 1, 2025)

Denied the Nobel Peace Prize, he told Norway he no longer felt bound to think “purely of Peace”

Trump campaigned openly for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize and lobbied senior Norwegian officials; Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Pakistan’s government nominated him, as did Republican members of Congress. After the prize went to Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado, he wrote to Norway’s prime minister on Jan. 18, 2026: “Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace,” adding that the world is not secure without “Complete and Total Control of Greenland.” Three days earlier Machado had handed him her Nobel medal at the White House, which he kept; the Nobel organizers said “A medal can change owners, but the title of a Nobel peace prize laureate cannot.”

Their response: The White House confirmed the message was authentic. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “I think it’s a complete canard that the president would be doing this because of the Nobel.” White House communications director Steven Cheung, when the prize was announced: “The Nobel Committee proved they place politics over peace.” Norway’s prime minister replied that the prize “is awarded by an independent Nobel Committee and not the Norwegian Government.”

Sources: PBS News / AP: Trump message ties Greenland to not receiving Nobel Peace Prize (Jan. 19, 2026) · The Guardian: Machado presents Trump with her Nobel medal (Jan. 15, 2026) · The Guardian: White House slams Nobel decision as “politics over peace” (Oct. 10, 2025) · PBS News / AP: why experts say Trump is unlikely to win (Oct. 4, 2025) · Rep. Buddy Carter: nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize (June 24, 2025)

FIFA created a “Peace Prize” and gave it to him; South Korea gave him a gold crown during trade talks

On Dec. 5, 2025 FIFA president Gianni Infantino handed Trump the first “FIFA Peace Prize,” a gold trophy, medal and certificate, at the World Cup draw in Washington; FIFA has not disclosed how the winner was chosen, and senior soccer officials told the AP privately that creating the award was Infantino’s own decision. The United States was a co-host of the 2026 World Cup. On Oct. 29, 2025, during trade talks, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung gave Trump a gilded replica of an ancient royal crown and the country’s highest honor. In July 2026 a human rights group said it would file an ethics complaint against Infantino for breaching political neutrality after Trump took credit for FIFA lifting a U.S. player’s World Cup suspension.

Their response: Infantino to Trump: “This is your prize, this is your peace prize.” Trump: “This is truly one of the great honors of my life.” On the crown, Trump said: “It’s really beautiful. I’d like to wear it right now.” FIFA was asked for comment on the ethics complaint; none is recorded in the AP story.

Sources: PBS News / AP: Trump awarded new FIFA peace prize (Dec. 5, 2025) · The Guardian: Trump awarded inaugural Fifa peace prize (Dec. 5, 2025) · PBS News / AP: Infantino targeted by ethics complaint after Trump lobbying (July 8, 2026) · Time: South Korea gifts Trump a replica crown (Oct. 29, 2025)