{"id":2516755,"date":"2025-12-02T19:23:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-wants-to-make-dulles-airport-really-spectacular-with-rebuild\/"},"modified":"2025-12-02T19:27:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T00:27:37","slug":"trump-wants-to-make-dulles-airport-really-spectacular-with-rebuild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-wants-to-make-dulles-airport-really-spectacular-with-rebuild\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump wants to make Dulles Airport &#8216;really spectacular&#8217; with rebuild"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-wants-to-make-dulles-airport-really-spectacular-with-rebuild%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2516755&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump announced plans to rebuild and substantially improve Washington Dulles International Airport, describing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grand-scale-tens-of-thousands-of-illegal-aliens-being-released-into-u-s-ex-ice-official-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Grand Scale\u2019: Tens Of Thousands Of Illegal Aliens Being Released Into U.S., Ex-ICE Official Says\">current facility<\/a> as inadequate and poorly designed despite its aesthetic appeal. During a Cabinet meeting, he emphasized the goal of transforming the airport, which serves the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia areas, into a &#8220;really spectacular&#8221; hub. The initiative follows recent criticism triggered by an accident involving the airport&#8217;s mobile lounges, known as &#8220;people-movers,&#8221; which injured 18 people. while Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy intends to repair these transport systems and airport officials plan to keep using them for the next 15 years, Trump&#8217;s governance is pushing for a broader overhaul. Trent Morse, a Trump nominee to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, has also advocated for phasing out the current people-movers to create a world-class airport facility. Trump toured the airport in November to assess potential improvements firsthand.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says administration wants to make Dulles Airport &lsquo;really spectacular&rsquo; with rebuild<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2421476\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump <\/a>wants to make Washington Dulles International Airport great again.<\/p>\n<p>The president said at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday that he wants to &ldquo;rebuild&rdquo; the northern Virginia <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/air-travel\/\">airport commonly used<\/a> by residents of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">District of Columbia<\/a>, Maryland, and Virginia.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3902612\/trump-unloads-tim-walz-ilhan-omar-minnesota-fraud-scandal\/\">Trump unloads on Tim Walz and Ilhan Omar over Minnesota fraud scandal and says country is at a tipping point<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3904132\/pete-hegseth-secretary-of-war-name-card-misspelled-cabinet-meeting\/\">Hegseth name card misspelled in Cabinet meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3903985\/trump-cabinet-meeting-venezuela-land-strikes-very-soon\/\">Venezuela land strikes will start &#8216;very soon,&#8217; Trump says at final Cabinet meeting of the year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re also going to rebuild Dulles Airport because it&rsquo;s not a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fnc-s-carlson-buttigieg-a-disgrace-should-resign\/\" title=\"FNC&#039; s Carlson: Buttigieg &#039; a Disgrace, &#039; &#039; Should Resign&#039;\">good airport<\/a>,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;It should be a great airport, and it&rsquo;s not a good airport at all. It&rsquo;s a terrible airport.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Chantilly, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\">Virginia<\/a>, airport is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/westjet-and-nav-canada-restore-service-after-outages-delay-100-flights\/\" title=\"WestJet and NAV Canada restore service after outages delay 100 flights\">largest airports<\/a> in the United States and filters millions of people through its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/washington-dulles-5-largest-airlines-market-share\/\">doors<\/a> each year. It&rsquo;s one of three airports, including Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, that serve DMV residents.<\/p>\n<p>Trump says he thinks the Dulles building is good but was &ldquo;incorrectly designed.&rdquo; He also called the terminal &ldquo;beautiful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to turn that around, and we&rsquo;re going to make Dulles Airport &mdash; serving <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington<\/a> and Virginia, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\">Maryland<\/a>, etc. &mdash; we&rsquo;re gonna make that into something really spectacular. We have an amazing plan for it,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Dulles faced intense criticism for its &ldquo;people-movers&rdquo; after a mobile lounge got into an accident that injured 18 people last month. The lounge transports people between the terminal and aircraft, and hit a dock at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>Transportation Secretary<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/sean-duffy\/\"> Sean Duffy<\/a> said his agency would send out bids to repair the &ldquo;people-movers.&rdquo; Dulles officials have said that they want to continue using the mobile lounges for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/12\/02\/dulles-international-airport-trump-overhaul\/\">next 15 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The president took a tour of Dulles in November, stopping through the airport with his motorcade to assess possible future projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/3882086\/mobile-lounge-dock-crash-dulles-airport\/\">EIGHTEEN PEOPLE SENT TO HOSPITAL AFTER MOBILE LOUNGE HITS DOCK AT DULLES AIRPORT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trent Morse, a former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> official whom Trump nominated to serve on the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority board, told the Senate last month that he wanted to get rid of the &ldquo;people-movers,&rdquo; among other changes.<\/p>\n<p>He recently <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2025\/12\/02\/dulles-international-airport-trump-overhaul\/\">told <\/a>the<em> Washington Post <\/em>that he would like to see Dulles overhauled. &ldquo;There&rsquo;s no reason we can&rsquo;t do that at Dulles and build out this <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >world-class facility<\/a>,&rdquo; Morse said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump aims to make Dulles Airport &#8216;really spectacular&#8217; with rebuild<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2516756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d-j-t-d-u-l-l-e-s.jpg?1764692420&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[68102,68101,3902,8068,3634],"class_list":["post-2516755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-airport-rebuild","tag-dulles-airport","tag-infrastructure","tag-transportation","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/d-j-t-d-u-l-l-e-s.jpg?1764692420&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2516755"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516755\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2516759,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2516755\/revisions\/2516759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2516756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2516755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2516755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2516755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}