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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:38 am to
Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:38 am to
How is using your own name a grift?
Posted by elprez00
Hammond, LA
Member since Sep 2011
31448 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:38 am to
I take it you’re okay with the Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock though?
Posted by alive2022
Member since Feb 2026
143 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:39 am to
My right to free speech won't last long in this echo chamber
Posted by Jbird
Shoot the tires out!
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:39 am to
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My right to free speech won't last long in this echo chamber

Well it's because you are an alter clown Corky!
Posted by alive2022
Member since Feb 2026
143 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:39 am to
Did they trademark it to grift off of it? Do two wrongs make a right?
Posted by idlewatcher
Planet Arium
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:39 am to
Sweet, I may fly through that airport and share some photos with your dirty ilk
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:39 am to
Funny how you leave this part out


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Weinberger asserted there was no collaboration between lawmakers and Trump’s company on the name change and the family has agreed “to completely waive the trademark for the Trump name to Palm Beach International.”



So how is this a grift again?
Posted by wackatimesthree
Member since Oct 2019
12190 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:39 am to
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Nothing to see here, no money being wasted on something frivolous


It's more than that.

Did any of y'all read the article? This isn't just renaming an airport...who cares about that? This is about Trump having diverted significant federal funds to modernize equipment at this airport in exchange for renaming it for the purpose of trademarking the name and profiting off of it.

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A spokesperson for the Trump Organization said he and his family “will not receive any royalty, licensing fee, or financial consideration whatsoever from the proposed airport renaming.” However, a closer examination of the trademark application shows the Trump Organization could benefit from licensing the name for goods and services, including watches, clocks, jewelry, clothing, restaurants, and other collectibles. The application also includes claims to rights of any airport baggage check-in areas, airport construction, and the “plastic slippers used in the airport environment when going through security to keep feet and socks clean.”

The application suggests that, even if the Trump family didn’t profit from the airport itself, they could profit from the selling of items inside the airport, or even elsewhere.

“There could be a whole market at the airport, or even off the airport premises. [The] Trump Org would own the trademark and be able to license that name to anybody that was making and selling that merchandise,”


If any Democrat were doing this the board would dook themselves hollering about it.
Posted by aTmTexas Dillo
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:40 am to
NIL
Posted by LSUROXS
Texas
Member since Sep 2006
8582 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:40 am to
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alive2022

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Grifter in chief grifting again


Fu_k You! MAGA Bitch
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:40 am to
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for the purpose of trademarking the name and profiting off of it.




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Weinberger asserted there was no collaboration between lawmakers and Trump’s company on the name change and the family has agreed “to completely waive the trademark for the Trump name to Palm Beach International.”
Posted by alive2022
Member since Feb 2026
143 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:40 am to
What about the wasted money? And "asserted", lol. Bridge for sale to the gullible
Posted by back9Tiger
Island Coconut Salesman
Member since Nov 2005
17803 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:41 am to
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Why does the toddler need everything in the country named after him? Seems childish


We get it, Trump could cure cancer and you'd pull for the cancer. You don't like him, move on. This is a stupid hill to die on.
Posted by alive2022
Member since Feb 2026
143 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:41 am to
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MAGA


Sinking ship baw. The rats are fleeing. Get out while you can
Posted by roadGator
Member since Feb 2009
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Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:41 am to


All the leftists can scurry away now.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
181044 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:42 am to
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What about the wasted money?



When did Dems like you start worrying about wasting tax payer money?
Posted by SDVTiger
Cabo San Lucas
Member since Nov 2011
96417 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:43 am to
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thought you were talking about JuiceTerry's new name


Is that who this
Posted by wackatimesthree
Member since Oct 2019
12190 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:44 am to

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stout


And yet, the trademarks were filed under "intent to use," which means they were fully intending to profit from the trademark.

I don't know if what you posted means that they got caught and backed off, or if there is a loophole that they will exploit. But the intent to profit was clear, otherwise the lawyers wouldn't have filed the trademark that way.
This post was edited on 2/20/26 at 8:46 am
Posted by alive2022
Member since Feb 2026
143 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:46 am to
Classic whataboutism
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
181044 posts
Posted on 2/20/26 at 8:48 am to
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And yet, the trademarks were filed under "intent to use," which means they were fully intending to profit from the trademark.

i don't know if what you posted means that they got caught and backed off, or if there is a loophole that they will exploit. But the intent to profit was clear, otherwise they wouldn't have filed the trademark that way.



You do realize that it can be done to keep others from making merch and selling it once the airport is officially renamed? It seems to be a protective maneuver to continue to protect a brand that Trump spent 50+ years building. Trump has sold his naming rights for decades and unless he continues to protect it with legal trademarks, it can weaken his arguments to continue to protect it, letting others trademark it and abuse it.

You guys have zero clue how brand protections work


This isn't about making a few dollars off some mugs and tshirts in an airport gift shop but leave it to TDS libs to think so small




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