State Department announces renaming USIP ‘Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace’

Published December 4, 2025 9:55am ET



The Trump administration renamed the headquarters of the United States Institute of Peace to the “Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace.”

The Trump administration is currently embroiled in a legal battle with the former USIP leadership and staff over who owns the institute. USIP’s staff has been fired twice, and the building is now in the possession of the General Services Administration as the sides await a definitive legal decision. In the meantime, the State Department affixed the president’s name to the building.

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