{"id":21376,"date":"2026-07-29T22:29:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21376"},"modified":"2026-07-29T22:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T17:29:24","slug":"trump-to-announce-plans-for-dulles-airport-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21376","title":{"rendered":"Trump to announce plans for Dulles Airport makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_fit_1500w\/rockcms\/2026-07\/260729-dulles-airport-vl-1116a-7418a2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"anchor-9e9e34\" class=\"body-graf\">President Donald Trump is set to announce a sweeping <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/trump-says-rebuilding-dulles-airport-administration-fixing-people-move-rcna247024\" target=\"_blank\">makeover of Dulles International Airport<\/a>, including the construction of new terminals and the removal of the airport\u2019s aging shuttles known as \u201cpeople movers,\u201d according to a senior White House official and another source with knowledge of the plan. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-1323d7\" class=\"body-graf\">The president is scheduled to announce details at a 3 p.m. event Wednesday in the Oval Office with Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-f3f42c\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/trump-says-rebuilding-dulles-airport-administration-fixing-people-move-rcna247024\" target=\"_blank\">has been eyeing<\/a> the project for months. His motorcade took a detour through the northern Virginia airport last October to \u201cassess potential future projects,\u201d the White House said at the time. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-0c38c1\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWe\u2019re also going to rebuild Dulles Airport because it\u2019s not a good airport,\u201d he said at a December Cabinet meeting. \u201cIt should be a great airport. It\u2019s not a good airport at all. It\u2019s a terrible airport.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-fb136e\" class=\"body-graf\">In a news release that day, the Transportation Department said: \u201cWashington Dulles International Airport\u202fis known for its dated facilities, inefficient system of people movers that deliver passengers as much as a half mile away from their gates, its moon-rover-like \u2018mobile lounges,\u2019 jet fuel smell in the concourses, and a paltry number of gates at the main terminal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-146c47\" class=\"body-graf\">Named for the late Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flydulles.com\/about-airport\/history\" target=\"_blank\">airport was formally dedicated<\/a> by President John F. Kennedy in 1962. It is one of three Washington-area airports. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-00d7a1\" class=\"body-graf\">The administration has previously expressed interest in renaming the airport.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-4fe6dc\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-asked-dulles-penn-station-named-exchange-gateway-money-released-rcna257708\" target=\"_blank\">Multiple sources told NBC News in February<\/a> that the Trump administration had asked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for Dulles International Airport and New York\u2019s Penn Station to be named after Trump in exchange for releasing federal funds required to build a long-delayed tunnel between New York and New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-9cc58b\" class=\"body-graf\">The money was eventually released without such an agreement in place. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-cf326b\" class=\"body-graf\">The real estate mogul-turned-president said he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/trump-says-rebuilding-dulles-airport-administration-fixing-people-move-rcna247024\" target=\"_blank\">big plans <\/a>for the airport back in December. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-79dafa\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cWe\u2019re gonna make that into something really spectacular. We have an amazing plan for it,\u201d he said then.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-09b8a7\" class=\"body-graf\">Trump has been heavily involved in various construction and renovation projects around the Washington area in his second term, including building a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/trump-administration\/appeals-court-construction-trump-white-house-ballroom-rcna340814\" target=\"_blank\">new ballroom<\/a> at the White House, adding extensive gold moldings in the Oval Office, renovating the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/reflecting-pool-green-algae-trump-rcna350278\" target=\"_blank\">Reflecting Pool<\/a> at the National Mall and advocating for the construction of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/250-foot-arch-renderings-washington-potomac-arlington-cemetery-rcna273733\" target=\"_blank\">massive arch <\/a>in the city. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7f7a4b\" class=\"body-graf\">His name has also been added to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/federal-government-adds-trump-name-image-buildings-programs-currency-rcna343097\" target=\"_blank\">various government properties and projects<\/a>, including the Institute of Peace. It had also been added to the John F.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/kennedy-center-wont-be-torn-down-200-million-renovation-trump-says-rcna257139\" target=\"_blank\"> Kennedy Center<\/a> for the Performing Arts, but a judge ordered his name to be removed from the facade earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-615851\" class=\"body-graf\">As of earlier this month, Trump also has an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/palm-beach-international-airport-tennessee-bridge-renamed-rcna353784\" target=\"_blank\">airport named after him<\/a>: Palm Beach International Airport in Florida was officially renamed as President Donald J. Trump International Airport. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7e6426\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">\u201cThis will soon be one of the Greatest and Most Spectacular Airports anywhere in the World!\u201d Trump said in a post on Truth Social on the day of the renaming. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is set to announce a sweeping makeover of Dulles International Airport, including the construction of new terminals and the removal of the airport\u2019s aging shuttles known as \u201cpeople movers,\u201d according to a senior White House official and another source with knowledge of the plan. 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