President Trump’s habit of naming things after himself is self-aggrandizing, but it has deeper implications, says historian Jason Stanley. “You can't disentangle the symbols we're seeing, the face of Washington, D.C. and the country, from the corruption that is endemic to his regime.” #Velshi
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Trump’s Washington vanity projects: ‘The symbols are meant to justify the policy’
President Trump’s habit of naming things after himself is self-aggrandizing, but it has deeper implications, says historian Jason Stanley. “You can't disentangle the symbols we're seeing, the face of Washington, D.C. and the country, from the corruption that is endemic to his regime.”