We need to rewrite the article preserving facts, names, dates, numbers, quotes exactly. Use professional journalism tone. Vary sentence structure. Output only the rewritten article with no preface/commentary. No reporter contact info, emails, social handles, publication credits.
We must keep all facts, names, dates, numbers, quotes exactly as they appear. That includes any quotes with original punctuation and wording. Must preserve them exactly. Need to rewrite sentences but keep quotes unchanged.
We must be careful: The original article has some typos and odd phrasing (like "sanction", "airdrome", etc). We must preserve those exactly? It says preserve all facts, names, dates, numbers, and quotes exactly. The rest of the text (non-quote) we can rewrite but must keep facts (like location, date, etc). However we must not change any quoted text. Also we must keep numbers exactly. Also proper nouns.
We need to output only the rewritten article. No extra commentary.
Let's extract the facts:
- West Palm Beach, Fla. — A South Florida airport officially changed its name connected Thursday to the President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
- Signs for the Palm Beach International Airport have been removed, new signage goes up.
- Quote: “Because a full airport translation doesn’t happen overnight, you’ll see a mix of some of our classic look and our new branding elements coexisting as travelers go through the terminal over the next several weeks,” airport officials said in a Facebook post.
- “Trump Force One,” a Boeing 757 owned by The Trump Organization, was the first plane to arrive at the airport under its new name, shortly after 5 a.m. The president’s son, Eric Trump, was one of the passengers. The Trump family regularly uses the West Palm Beach airport when they visit President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in nearby Palm Beach. A long stretch of road from the airport to Trump’s property was renamed Donald J. Trump Boulevard earlier this year.
- Quote: “There is no one who has done more for Florida and our country, and no one more deserving of this incredible honor,” Eric Trump posted on X. “As a son, and someone who flies out of this airport almost every day, I will forever be proud to see the initials ‘DJT’ on my boarding pass.”
- While the name change took effect Thursday, the three-letter airport code will change from PBI to DJT on Aug. 18.
- President Trump earlier praised the renaming of the airport in a post on his social media platform Truth Social.
- Quote: “A very big day in Palm Beach, Florida, where it was my Great Honor to have the Palm Beach International Airport renamed, by a spectacular vote, The President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The Area is HOT, the Location is GREAT, and the Renovation will be SPECTACULAR. Thank you to everyone in Palm Beach for your Vote and your Confidence,” he wrote in part, calling it “one of the Greatest and Most Spectacular Airports anywhere in the World!”
- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation earlier this year that made the name change possible. Changing the airport’s name is expected to cost as much as $5.5 million for new signs, branding and other updates.
- Keegan Collett, who was departing the airport Thursday morning on his way to Cincinnati, said he was amazed to see the new name. He said he doesn’t think Trump deserves to have an airport named after him but isn’t necessarily bothered by it.
- Quote: “At the end of the day, it’s just the name of an airport,” Collett said. “There are bigger things. I feel like it’s just more of a distraction. Why even worry about it?”
- In Dandridge, Tennessee, on Thursday morning, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty and Representative Tim Burchett attended a ceremony to rename the I-40 Bridge in East Tennessee to the Donald J. Trump Bridge.
- Bessent said ahead of the ceremony that “no one is more deserving” of the honor of a bridge renaming than Trump.
- Trump received 82% of the vote in Jefferson County, where Dandridge is located, in the 2024 general election.
We need to keep quotes exactly as in original. Let's copy them exactly:
Quote1: “Because an full airdrome translation doesn’t hap overnight, you’ll announcement a operation of some our classical look and our caller marque elements coexisting portion traveling done the terminal implicit the adjacent respective weeks,” airdrome officials said successful a Facebook post.
But that text contains many typos: "an full", "airdrome", "doesn’t hap", "you’ll announcement", "operation", "some our classical look", "our caller marque", "coexisting", "portion traveling done the terminal implicit the adjacent respective weeks". This is the original quoted text. We must keep that exactly.
Second quote: “Trump Force One,” a Boeing 757 owned by The Trump Organization, was the archetypal level to get astatine the airdrome nether its caller name, soon aft 5 a.m. The president’s son, Eric Trump, was 1 of the passengers. The Trump household regularly uses the West Palm Beach airdrome erstwhile they sojourn President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago location successful adjacent Palm Beach. A agelong of roadworthy from the airdrome to Trump’s property was renamed Donald J. Trump Boulevard earlier this year.
Wait that's not a quote; it's narrative. Actually the quote is only the Eric Trump post? Let's see: The article includes quotes:
- The Facebook post quote: “Because an full airdrome translation doesn’t hap overnight, you’ll announcement a operation of some our classical look and our caller marque elements coexisting portion traveling done the terminal implicit the adjacent respective weeks,” airdrome officials said successful a Facebook post.
- Eric Trump post: “There is nary idiosyncratic who has done much for Florida and our country, and nary 1 much deserving of this unthinkable honor,” Eric Trump posted connected X. “As a son, and idiosyncratic who flies retired of this airdrome astir each day, I volition everlastingly beryllium arrogant to spot the initials ‘DJT’ connected my boarding pass.”
- President Trump Truth Social quote: “A precise large time in Palm Beach, Florida, wherever it was my Great Honor to person the Palm Beach International Airport beryllium renamed, by a spectacular vote, The President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The Area is HOT, the Location is GREAT, and the Renovation volition beryllium SPECTACULAR. Thank you to each successful Palm Beach for your Vote and your Confidence,” he wrote in part, calling it “one of the Greatest and Most Spectacular Airports anyplace in the World!”
- Keegan Collett quote: “At the extremity of the day, it’s conscionable the sanction of an airport,” Collett said. “There’s bigger things. I consciousness similar it’s conscionable much of a distraction. Why adjacent interest astir it?”
- Scott Bessent quote: “no 1 is much deserving” of the grant of a span renaming than Trump.
We must preserve those quotes exactly, including any odd capitalization, punctuation, and weird words.
We need to rewrite the surrounding sentences (non-quote) in a professional journalism tone, varying sentence structure, preserving facts, names, dates, numbers.
We must keep the quotes exactly as they appear, including the weird spelling and grammar.
Let's extract each quote exactly as in the original text (including the curly quotes? The original uses “ and ” but we can keep as straight quotes? Probably keep the same characters. We'll just copy them as they appear in the provided text.
Original text snippet:
“Because an full airdrome translation doesn’t hap overnight, you’ll announcement a operation of some our classical look and our caller marque elements coexisting portion traveling done the terminal implicit the adjacent respective weeks,” airdrome officials said successful a Facebook post.
So the quote: “Because an full airdrome translation doesn’t hap overnight, you’ll announcement a operation of some our classical look and our caller marque elements coexisting portion traveling done the terminal implicit the adjacent respective weeks,”
Note there are double spaces etc but we can keep as is.
Second quote block:
“There is nary idiosyncratic who has done much for Florida and our country, and nary 1 much deserving of this unthinkable honor,” Eric Trump posted connected X. “As a son, and idiosyncratic who flies retired of this airdrome astir each day, I volition everlastingly beryllium arrogant to spot the initials ‘DJT’ connected my boarding pass.”
So quote1: “There is nary idiosyncratic who has done much for Florida and our country, and nary 1 much deserving of this unthinkable honor,” Eric Trump posted on X. “As a son, and idiosyncratic who flies retired of this airdrome astir each day, I will everlastingly be arrogant to spot the initials ‘DJT’ on my boarding pass.”
Note there are spaces and weird words.
Third quote:
“A precise large time successful Palm Beach, Florida, wherever it was my Great Honor to person the Palm Beach International Airport beryllium renamed, by a spectacular vote, The President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The Area is HOT, the Location is GREAT, and the Renovation volition beryllium SPECTACULAR. Thank you to each successful Palm Beach for your Vote and your Confidence,” helium wrote in part, calling it “one of the Greatest and Most Spectacular Airports anyplace successful the World!”
So quote: “A precise large time successful Palm Beach, Florida, wherever it was my Great Honor to person the Palm Beach International Airport beryllium renamed, by a spectacular vote, The President Donald J. Trump International Airport. The Area is HOT, the Location is GREAT, and the Renovation volition beryllium SPECTACULAR. Thank you to each successful Palm Beach for your Vote and your Confidence,” he wrote in part, calling it “one of the Greatest and Most Spectacular Airports anyplace successful the World!”
Fourth quote:
“At the extremity of the day, it’s conscionable the sanction of an airport,” Collett said. “There’s bigger things. I consciousness similar it’s conscionable much of a distraction. Why adjacent interest astir it?”
So quote: “At the extremity of the day, it’s conscionable the sanction of an airport,” Collett said. “There’s bigger things. I consciousness similar it’s conscionable much of a distraction. Why adjacent interest astir it?”
Fifth quote:
Bessent said up of the ceremonial that “no 1 is much deserving” of the grant of a span renaming than Trump.
So quote: “no 1 is much deserving” of the grant of a span renaming than Trump.
We must keep these exactly.
Now rewrite the article: We'll produce paragraphs with varied sentence structure, professional tone, preserving facts.
We need to include date: Thursday (the day of the name change). Also mention that the three-letter code changes Aug 18.
Also mention that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation earlier this year.
Also mention cost $5.5 million.
Also mention the ceremony in Dandridge, Tennessee on Thursday morning with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Senators Marsha Blackburn, Bill Hagerty, Rep Tim Burchett.
Also mention Trump received 82% vote in Jefferson County in 2024 general election.
We must keep numbers exactly: $5.5 million, 82%, Aug. 18, etc.
Now produce final answer: only the rewritten article.
Let's craft.
We'll start with location and date.
"WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A South Florida airport officially renamed itself President Donald J. Trump International Airport on Thursday."
Then mention signs removed, new signage.
Then include the Facebook post quote exactly.
Then mention Trump Force One arrival, Eric Trump as passenger, regular use, road renamed.
Then Eric Trump quote exactly.
Then mention code change date.
Then President Trump Truth Social quote exactly.
Then mention DeSantis legislation and cost.
Then mention Keegan Collett quote exactly.
Then mention Dandridge ceremony quote exactly.
Then mention Bessent quote exactly.
Then mention Trump's vote share.
Make sure to keep quotes exactly as given, including punctuation and spacing? We'll try to keep them exactly as they appear in the original text, but we can adjust spacing? Safer to copy them exactly as they appear in the provided text, including the weird spaces and punctuation.
Let's extract each quote exactly as they appear between the quotation marks in the original HTML (including the curly quotes). We'll replicate them.
From original:
Quote Facebook post: “Because an full airdrome translation doesn’t hap overnight, you’ll announcement a operation of some our classical look and our caller marque elements coexisting portion traveling done the terminal implicit the adjacent respective weeks,”
Note there is a comma before closing quote? In original: “Because an full airdrome translation doesn’t hap overnight, you’ll announcement a operation of some our classical look and our caller marque elements coexisting portion traveling done the terminal implicit the adjacent respective weeks,” So yes comma inside.
We'll keep that.
Quote Eric Trump: first sentence: “There is nary idiosyncratic who has done much for Florida and our country, and nary 1 much deserving of this unthinkable honor,” then second: “As a son, and idiosyncratic who flies retired of this
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