Trump says Rubio renamed US Institute of Peace in his honor without his knowledge
Trump says Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the driving force behind renaming the U.S. Institute of Peace the “Donald J. Trump U.S. Institute of Peace,” in a move still being contested in courts.
“Marco named it after me,” Trump said Thursday at the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace at the former USIP building. Trump said it was a surprise. Rubio is not known to have played a significant role in the renaming, although the State Department is the current custodian.
The USIP was created as an independent entity by Congress in 1984, a status Trump sought to revoke last year when the building was s
