The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has formally renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace in his honour, a move that comes after the government took control of the agency and significantly reduced its funding.
In an announcement on Wednesday, December 3, the U.S. State Department confirmed that the independent, congressionally funded think tank will now be known as the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. According to the department, the new name is intended “to reflect the greatest dealmaker in our nation’s history.”
Images of the institute’s headquarters show Trump’s name prominently mounted above the entrance.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised the decision in a post on X, writing, “President Trump will be remembered by history as the President of Peace. It’s time our State Department display that.”
The renaming comes amid a prolonged legal battle over control of the Institute of Peace, which was established in 1985 by President Ronald Reagan to promote peaceful conflict resolution. Although the institute receives congressional funding, it operates independently and owns its own headquarters, CNN reports.