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On Tuesday, President Donald Trump unveiled the first renderings of his planned presidential library. It would be the tallest structure in Miami, with a cavernous lobby so large that it could fit the Air Force One given to him by Qatar, several fighter jets, and some number of military helicopters.
It will also have a reproduction of the golden escalator from Trump’s original 2015 campaign announcement, not to mention a giant theater that includes a golden statue of the retired leader. And, in a very Trumpian break with tradition, it will also “most likely” be a hotel, the president told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.
The Trump announcement comes as former president Barack Obama prepares to open his long-delayed library in Chicago on Juneteenth. The Obama Presidential Center has already received mixed reviews from architectural critics, including Trump, an erstwhile real-estate mogul who has called it “a disaster” due to “woke” people building it.
Trump’s plans for a tower in Miami, and Obama’s monstrosity in Chicago, had Free Press editors wondering: Are presidential libraries really necessary? Or should we scrap the whole idea?
By Bari WeissOn Tuesday, President Donald Trump unveiled the first renderings of his planned presidential library. It would be the tallest structure in Miami, with a cavernous lobby so large that it could fit the Air Force One given to him by Qatar, several fighter jets, and some number of military helicopters.
It will also have a reproduction of the golden escalator from Trump’s original 2015 campaign announcement, not to mention a giant theater that includes a golden statue of the retired leader. And, in a very Trumpian break with tradition, it will also “most likely” be a hotel, the president told reporters at the White House on Tuesday.
The Trump announcement comes as former president Barack Obama prepares to open his long-delayed library in Chicago on Juneteenth. The Obama Presidential Center has already received mixed reviews from architectural critics, including Trump, an erstwhile real-estate mogul who has called it “a disaster” due to “woke” people building it.
Trump’s plans for a tower in Miami, and Obama’s monstrosity in Chicago, had Free Press editors wondering: Are presidential libraries really necessary? Or should we scrap the whole idea?