It’s been several months since officials in Florida agreed to cede millions of dollars’ worth of real estate to Donald Trump’s nonprofit so it can eventually build a presidential library in the Miami area. This week, the president and his team offered a hint as to what they intend to do with the space. The Washington Post reported:

President Donald Trump shared the first images of his planned presidential library in downtown Miami, posting a short video Monday night that depicts a skyscraper that appears to be about 50 stories tall and filled with reconstructions of parts of the White House, military vehicles and at least two gold statues of Trump.

The 100-second video, which Trump posted on his Truth Social platform, offers a series of views of the planned Donald J. Trump Presidential Library, represented as a gleaming glass and gold structure that would dwarf nearby buildings, topped by a red-white-and-blue spire.

The video, which clearly relied heavily on artificial intelligence, shows a structure that looks less like a library and more like a skyscraper that would exist to celebrate one person.

The video’s release roughly coincided with Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signing a bill to rename Palm Beach International Airport after Trump. (The president wanted to change the name of Dulles International Airport, which is just outside of Washington, D.C., to honor himself, and he was even prepared to execute an extortion scheme with Democratic officials to get his way. Evidently, he’ll have to settle for a much smaller airport.)

Indeed, this seems like an excellent time to recap the scope and scale of Team Trump’s increasingly weird glorification campaign:

U.S. currency: Trump recently announced plans to add his signature to U.S. dollars — a first for a sitting American president — which is not to be confused with plans for a massive, 3-inch commemorative gold coin featuring Trump’s face.

Renaming buildings: The president’s allies have already added Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center and the Institute of Peace. By some accounts, the president expects the forthcoming White House ballroom to bear his name, too.

U.S. military: The plans to construct “Trump-class” battleships are underway, and the nation’s next-generation fighter jet will have an “F-47” designation in honor of him. (Trump is the nation’s 47th president.)

Training and standards: Training for incoming Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents was reduced from 50 days to 47 days in honor of Trump.

Banners: Giant, fascistic banners featuring Trump’s face are currently resting on the front of several government buildings, including the headquarters of the Labor, Agriculture Department and Justice departments.

Accoutrement: The administration also launched “Trump Gold Cards,” “Trump Accounts” and “TrumpRx.”

Domestic ambitions: Trump wants a new football stadium in Washington to be named after him, as well as Dulles Airport and New York City’s Penn Station.

International ambitions: Trump indicated last week that he wants and expects a statue honoring him in Venezuela. The Republican also said in January that it was “not too late” to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico (which he has attempted to rename once already) to the “Gulf of Trump,” and he recently suggested that the Strait of Hormuz should also be called the “Strait of Trump.”

A couple of years into his first term as president, Trump went on a tour of Mount Vernon, where he took the opportunity to offer some mild criticism of George Washington: The nation’s first president, Trump argued, was insufficiently focused on branding when naming his Virginia estate.

“If he was smart, he would’ve put his name on it,” Trump said. “You’ve got to put your name on stuff, or no one remembers you.” (And really, who even remembers George Washington these days?)

Nearly seven years later, it’s unsettling how often we’re reminded that Trump wasn’t kidding.

What the incumbent president doesn’t seem to understand is that many people loved George Washington, so he never felt the need to slap his own name on stuff. Others gladly did it for him.

Trump, on the other hand, fears being forgotten — or worse, remembered as corrupt failure — which has led to this increasingly ridiculous crusade.

This post updates our related earlier coverage.

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