The United StatesInstitute of Peace, a 41-year-old agency that works with the nation's executive branch to resolve violentconflict abroad, has been renamed for PresidentDonald Trump, the U.S. State Department announced on social media Wednesday.
"Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace," the department saidon X. "The best is yet to come."
The post described the president as "the greatest dealmaker in our nation's history."
President Donald Trump walks to the first tee to officially open the Trump International Golf Links course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland on July 29, 2025. Trump visited Scotland in a trip that's part-vacation, part-work, as he stayed at his Trump Turnberry golf course, followed by Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire, between July 25 to 29.The new course will officially open on Aug. 13, 2025, according to the property's website, which boasts of an "unmatched experience" that will solidify Trump Scotland's reputation as a global golf destination." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" />
General view of Trump Turnberry hotel, Turnberry on May 2, 2023 in Turnberry, Scotland." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
The Trump International Hotel Las Vegas stands along the Las Vegas Strip one day before the Nevada Republican presidential caucus on February 7, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania view the Florida Atlantic University Marching Band Performance outside Trump International Golf Club on February 3, 2019. President Trump was arriving for his annual Super Bowl watch party at his golf club in West Palm Beach." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
General view of the Trump Ocean Club building in Panama Pacific neighborhood, in Panama City on July 30, 2015. The development is not owned by Trump, but bears his name under a license agreement." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
A general view of Trump International Golf Links on June 25, 2016 in Aberdeen, Scotland. Trump was in Scotland for the reopening of the refurbished Open venue golf resort Trump Turnberry which underwent an eight month refurbishment as part of an investment thought to be worth in the region of two hundred million pounds." style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
People ice skate during snowfall at the Wollman Rink in New York City on January 6, 2024. Wollman was previously operated by the Trump Organization, however, the city decided to sever its contracts with the organization in 2021 following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., according to Spectrum News. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
People walk by 40 Wall Street, a Trump-owned building in downtown Manhattan on March 19, 2024 in New York City. " style="max-width:100%; height:auto; border-radius:6px; margin:10px 0;" loading="lazy" /> 
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Earlier this year, the institutesued the presidentand his Department of Government Efficiency, challenging the administration's efforts to occupy its headquarters and install new agency leadership.The independent institute, created and funded by Congress, was targeted as part of DOGE's efforts to reduce federal bureaucracy.
A federal judgeultimately permittedthe takeover.
Republican lawmakershave proposednumerous bills and resolutions that would lionize Trump or feature his image over the past two years, including legislation introduced by Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., in June 2024 that would have required the U.S. Treasury to revive production of the$500 billwith Trump's portrait replacing that of President William McKinley.
Others have pushed to award Trump the Congressional Gold Medal for foreign policy achievements, to rename Dulles International Airport orstate roadwaysafter him, or to apply his name to the nation's nearly 4.4 million square mile Exclusive Economic Zone.
Since regaining the presidency, Trump has sold or backedbiblesandcoinsand previously hawked Trump-brandedsneakersandNFT trading cards. As a real estate andreality TV billionaire, Trump's name has adorned high-rise hotels, casinos, airlines, vodka and a shuttered university forced to pay $25 million in restitutionover fraud allegations.
Reporter Dan Morrison contributed to this story.
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