Miles Parks

I think I still am a little bit unclear, though, on how unprecedented all of this stuff is, because you do walk around and see presidents' names on all sorts of stuff.

I mean, the airport we fly into is named after Ronald Reagan.

Okay, so is that the distinction, I guess?

I'm just trying to get a sense of what is unprecedented about what we're talking about here.

I mean, what does he say to all this?

Because I have heard some of these comparisons to sort of autocratic regimes in the past.

Does he have any response to that on the ballroom, on the coins, on any of this stuff?

All right.

Let's take a quick break and more on all of this in just a moment.

And we're back.

So, Mara, I'm curious, if Trump wants to put his name on coins, on buildings, on all sorts of things, why does this matter?

Or I guess, does it matter to voters, do you think?

Yeah.

What about this idea that some of these things that are being renamed are not President Trump like actually pushing for it?

Like in the Florida example, it was the Florida legislature that passed a bill that renamed some of the things down there.

I guess what is the distinction there and does that matter?

Yeah.

I mean, you kind of asked this question already, Mara, this like, where does this go from here with future presidents?

But I also think it ties into, there've been a number of reports that have come out the last couple of weeks that have alluded to American democracy backsliding.

I think one report from an institute in Sweden noted that America's democracy ranking moved down from 20th out of 179 to 51st out of 179.