Miles Parks

Notoriously a body of government that feels emboldened to stand up to the president.

If we were just talking about coins, I feel like that would be one thing where we could debate, you know, what is the right amount of time after a president has died or left office to end up on a coin?

But this is a broader thing with Trump, right, in terms of wanting to get his name on things.

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.