The State of Florida passed a law earlier this year to rename the airport in Palm Beach, near Mar-a-Lago, the Donald J. Trump International Airport.
A new report notes some pushback against that name change.
Per NOTUS, which obtained messages from a records request, found that “some of the Florida facility’s frequent fliers had thoughts. Angry thoughts. Exasperated thoughts. Violent thoughts.”
“I will never fly in or out of this pathetic, ass-kissing airport again once you change the name to honor the most corrupt, incompetent, disastrous moron to ever hold the office,” one flier wrote in an email in April.
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“I will never again utilize PBI for any travel plans now that it is named for the orange headed clown,” another said.
A plan to rename Palm Beach International Airport after Donald Trump triggered a torrent of abuse from disgusted travelers—including a $30 million bomb threat. https://t.co/8S3FKpd2Sj
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 18, 2026
“If you actually change the name of this airport and honor that man, I will make it my mission in life to never, ever, EVER spend a penny at your airport,” another said. And that’s not even including the bomb threats, at least one of which was made.
“PLEASE do NOT change the name of Palm Beach International Airport. The majority of citizens in Palm Beach County do not support a name change,” another emailer said.
“These comments are among dozens of missives sent by outraged patrons through Palm Beach International Airport’s website since March, when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that renamed the facility ‘President Donald J. Trump International Airport,'” the NOTUS piece said. “The airport is situated about five miles from Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s private club and political redoubt, and the name change is slated to take effect July 1.”
There were also, not surprisingly, quite a few references to Jeffrey Epstein, another sometime Palm Beach resident.
“At least 17 messages mentioned pedophilia in some form or fashion — not-so-oblique references to Trump’s onetime friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, the dead financier and socialite who served prison time for soliciting a minor for prostitution and later faced more than 40 years in prison over charges related to sex trafficking minors. Trump has denied wrongdoing in connection with Epstein’s crime or criminal allegations against the convicted sex offender.”
Florida is a red state, but it hasn’t alwaysbeen, and there remain plenty of Democrats living there.
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