There was also the matter of where the ceremony took place—at the congressionally chartered, independent think tank dedicated to fostering peace around the world that Trump had shuttered earlier this year. When the institute’s staff resisted, the Administration fired most of them and staged an armed takeover, which was later ruled a “gross usurpation of power” by a federal judge. None of which stopped the State Department from announcing, late on Wednesday, that it had renamed the institute for Trump, or from affixing his name in giant silver letters to the building’s façade in preparation for Thursday’s ceremony. “Thank you for putting a certain name on that building,” Trump said as his guests looked on. “That’s a great honor. It really is.”journey-inline-newsletterinline-newsletter