Palm Seashore County renames highway after Trump, president praises Florida

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Florida after Palm Seashore County authorized renaming a busy stretch of roadway after the commander-in-chief.

The Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a decision that might rename a 4-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard that runs from Palm Seashore Worldwide Airport to the president's house on the Mar-a-Lago resort.

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President Donald Trump, heart, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth, proper, throughout a cupboard assembly on the White Home, Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photograph/Evan Vucci)

"It has been delivered to my consideration that the Nice State of Florida, which I received BIG 3 times, and the place I'm a proud Resident, has renamed an essential four-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard, in Palm Seashore County, to ‘PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP BOULEVARD,’" Trump wrote on Reality Social late Tuesday.

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"Thanks to Palm Seashore County, Governor Ron DeSantis , and all of Florida’s nice State Lawmakers, on granting me this excellent honor! I LOVE FLORIDA!"

President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on the podium. (Joe Raedle/Getty Photos)

The decision comes after Gov. DeSantis signed laws directing the Florida Division of Transportation to erect an indication alongside the stretch of Southern Boulevard honoring Trump.

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The laws additionally calls for an additional part of the highway to be renamed "PBSO Motorman Freeway," in honor of three bike deputies with the Palm Seashore Sheriff's Workplace who had been killed in a crash final yr.

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The brand new indicators are slated to be put in later this yr. The names are ceremonial, which means postal addresses and emergency-response techniques will proceed to make use of Southern Boulevard.