President Donald Trump shows no sign of relenting in his campaign to stamp his name on as many American landmarks as possible, even in the face of sagging approval numbers. According to a report published Wednesday morning by MS NOW, his administration has identified its next target: Ford's Theatre, the Washington, D.C. venue where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.

Citing sources familiar with the matter, the report revealed that Trump's aides are now "circulating a list of government sites that could have Trump's name affixed to them in some way." The effort comes as Trump continues to threaten the Kennedy Center with demolition unless his name can be added to the famed arts institution — a national memorial to President John F. Kennedy whose name is written into federal law.

Among the sites on the list, Ford's Theatre has sparked considerable uproar behind the scenes. The theater, where Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in 1865, is a landmark of major historical significance now controlled by the Department of the Interior, the cabinet agency whose National Park Service stewards many federally protected historic sites. Today it operates as both a working theater and a museum.

"It is unclear how seriously the theater is being considered or how the administration would attach Trump's name to it," the report detailed. "One Trump administration official said the idea has been discussed, but they didn't know where it stood. The prospect sparked a flurry of discussion over the past week among people responsible for the historic site."

The report added that the discussions "underscore how much of a priority honoring the president has become inside parts of the Trump administration — even as the Iran war nears its eighth month, diesel prices hit an all-time high, the midterm elections approach in six weeks and most Americans disapprove of the president's job performance."

One anonymous former administration official told MS NOW that staffers are pitching flattering ideas, such as renaming locations after Trump, in order "to get on the president's good side." Trump's mindset, per the report, is essentially: "Why would I say no? Everybody's trying to please me."

"They know flattery gets them everything," the official said.

According to another source, the broader list of potential landmarks is being weighed largely on which sites offer an "easier legal path" to renaming than the embattled Kennedy Center effort. Ford's Theatre, however, presents a steep hurdle: its name was set by a statute signed by President Richard Nixon, meaning that "a formal renaming would almost certainly require an act of Congress." Such a statute would put the decision squarely with lawmakers rather than the executive branch — Congress has renamed major federal sites before, most visibly when it rechristened Washington National Airport for President Ronald Reagan in 1998. Any unilateral attempt by Trump to attach his name to the site would most likely set off another heated legal battle.

The president and top administration officials have also reportedly discussed putting his name on Penn Station in New York, Dulles International Airport in Virginia and the new Washington Commanders stadium. Trump has denied pursuing the renaming of Penn Station. Some Republican lawmakers have gone so far as to introduce legislation to rename Dulles for Trump, and then-White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in November that it would be "beautiful" for the Commanders' stadium to bear Trump's name.