President Donald Trump on Thursday gushed over how the 'brand new' United States Institute of Peace is now named after him.
Ahead of his Thursday afternoon event at the U.S. Institute of Peace with the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gold letters spelling out 'Donald J. Trump' appeared on several sides of the institute - which was constructed in 2011.
On Wednesday, the State Department announced that the U.S. Institute of Peace, or USIP, would be 'renamed' and, by that, State Department leadership meant that Trump's name would be added.
An X post from the State Department's official account said the move was to reflect that Trump was the 'greatest dealmaker in our nation's history.'
Onstage Thursday, Trump credited Secretary of State Marco Rubio with the honor.
'And thank you for putting a certain name on that building. I came, I said, "Boy, that's beautiful." That blew up last night. That's a great honor,' Trump said, addressing Rubio.
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