Trump Envisions $2 Billion Presidential Library

[brooklynite]

Source: Political Wire

President Trump is telling his supporters and donors he wants to collect $2 billion for a presidential library and museum in Florida, the Washington Post reports.

Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2021/01/16/trump-envisions-2-billion-presidential-library/

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A billion here, a billion there.....

[LizBeth]

1. Obama's was estimated 500M.

[Irish_Dem]

16. Trump as usual inflating the numbers. How much of the money will go into his pocket?

Grifting as usual.

[LizBeth]

23. 1B, 900M.

[Irish_Dem]

27. Yep.

[Phoenix61]

2. I'm sure he is...let the grifting begin.

Won’t have to worry about any pesky state investigations, for now anyway.

[2naSalit]

3. Yikes.

[mahina]

4. It's a nice round number.

Why not?
Make a spectacular haunted house

I mean library, yeah, library

I bet he hadnt walked into a library since he graduated from college if then

[mdbl]

79. I wonder what the library at trump university looked like?

I envision a few porn magazine racks.

[CatMor]

5. That's a lot of money just to display some tweets.

[KS Toronado]

48. Twitter erased all his tweets or will hold them hostage for $2 billion

Which they will donate to a worthy cause.

[sarchasm]

49. really ... A $20 thumb drive should be enough.

[agingdem]

58. a lot of money for one book...

Hitler's manifesto Mein Kampf

[marble falls]

74. And a McDonald's takeout menu.

[rsdsharp]

94. Well, they're also gonna store all the PDBs

he didn’t read. That’ll take two whole floors.

[AZ8theist]

84. My kids are all grown, so I haven't been keeping up, but...

Have crayons gotten that expensive?

[frazzled]

6. To contain child detention cages,

portions of the Mexico wall, and gold-tipped golf clubs.

[torius]

7. Gallery of Wives

something like Bluebeard's Castle

[NBachers]

55. Animatronic - There's one that's already charged up and ready to install.

[NurseJackie]

67. Here's the Melania Robot on Tracey Ullman's show...

🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐🌟⭐

BONUS VIDEO: Melanie's accent fools auto-closed-captioning. It reads like an episode of "BAD LIP READING".

[captain queeg]

8. Filled with what? Apprentice tapes?

Sorry Donny the could be put on DVD and wouldn’t fill a shoe box.

[sandensea]

9. A LIEbrary, in his case

[Judi Lynn]

52. Nailed it. 🔨

[DBoon]

10. and trump envisions pocketing $1.999 billion of that

[magicarpet]

22. Hey,.. trDumpie is a good deal maker,... it came in under budget,...

.. was he expected to let Ivankie and Don Jr. pocket the left over building funds. TrDumpie Sr. Is the king shit grifter of the family,... of course he shoved the extra money in his pocket.

[Diraven]

11. Money just will end up in his own pockets

Like that half billion in campaign money he collected after the election was over that no one seems to know where it's disappearing to.

[Akoto]

12. He can envision that alongside his military sendoff. n/t

[Leghorn21]

13. Hey, maybe Deutsche Bank will help him out - they really love the guy, y'know

[TomDaisy]

14. he means $1.5B straight to his pocket

[Glamrock]

15. 2 Billion? 2 Billion?

For what? A sharpie, a KFC bucket, tiki torch, roll of paper towels, and a printout of tweets? This asshole... I don’t even have the words.

[LuckyLib]

53. Turn this into an OP. Folks can add to it. Laughter is needed these days.

[MiniMe]

17. That's a lot of money for a library with no books

[Arne]

18. Southeastern Cuba would be a good location. Gitmo.

[RockRaven]

19. ROFLMAO...

This asshole thinks that just because he moved to FL and FL is controlled by Repukes he can embezzle the shit out of his Pres library donations.

He might not be wrong, if he weren't already going to get legally wrecked by the feds, NY, and possible GA. This will hinder him dramatically.

[Blue Owl]

20. The Hall of Toilets

[magicarpet]

25. 24 carat toilets and urinals,... if you don't mind.

Forget that plain white porcelain shit.

[Firestorm49]

21. Another scam of his brilliant base.

[dchill]

24. A bunch of comic books and the rest for legal fees.

[rurallib]

69. and TVs all tuned to FOX and OAN

[magicarpet]

26. Admission charges,...

$300,000.00 yearly membership entrance fee or $75 to wander around for an hour.

[Bleacher Creature]

28. How many copies of Mein Kampf does he own?

[quickesst]

29. I would think....

.... that it would be a very sparse library since most of the literature concerning trump would be safely tucked away in at evidence locker.

[TygrBright]

31. If P.T. Barnum weren't already dead, he would die of envy... n/t

[dweller]

32. Hahahahahaaaaa

for 4 years of tweets ??



hahahahahaaahhhaaaaaa ... what a dumbass

✌🏻

[DesertRat]

33. Pay for it yourself! twice impeached, sore losing fraudster

Twice impeached, sore losing fraudster

[onetexan]

34. +1 -K&R

[pbmus]

35. LMFAO....I wouldn't give 2 wooden nickels...

[RockCreek]

36. Will it display all legal files?

If it includes post-presidency ones (but related to time in office) then I hope $2 billion wouldn't be enough!

[jmowreader]

37. From what I understand...

Trump put out three bids for his library.

A construction company from the United States bid $2 billion. "We will construct a structure the size of the American Airlines Cargo Terminal at JFK Airport. In it we will display your fleet of aircraft, larger-than-life statues of your family, and huge banners suspended from the ceiling depicting all your presidency's achievements and triumphs."

A construction company from Saudi Arabia bid $4 billion. "The structure will be the size of Boeing's 747 Assembly Hall in Everett, Washington. It will include not only your own planes and cars but also the Air Force One aircraft you left Washington on. We will include a gift shop the size of an average Walmart store, an indoor golf course, a hotel and a casino. There will be gold toilets. The restaurant will serve nothing but Trump Steaks, and the lounge will serve Trump Wines and Trump Vodka with Trump Water as our preferred mixer."

A construction company from Russia bid $10 billion. "You keep $5 billion, I'll take $3 billion, and we'll hire the American guy with whatever's left."

[olddad65]

38. Where will they build it? Moscow? He would steal the money

He can’t even color, let alone read.

[olddad65]

39. Where will they build it? Moscow? He would steal the money

He can’t even color, let alone read.

[dexdah]

40. That's Funny

It will be empty like his head!

[jb5150]

41. Please tell me the American taxpayers don't have to pay for that ...

... please.

[JohnnyRingo]

45. Nope.

He's petitioning for private funds now, and everyone he dealt with under the table will want to help build it. Nixon has two.

A presidential library serves a specific purpose and can be abused to hide misdeeds from the public (Epstein). Look it up some time.

Presidential libraries are perfect examples of just how far presidents will go to control their own legacies. Since the first one was created in 1941, what were intended to be serious research centers have grown into flashy, partisan temples touting huckster history. Built with undisclosed, unlimited donations, often to sitting presidents, libraries have traditionally been donated to the government after their construction. But even though they are taxpayer-funded and controlled by a federal agency, the private foundations established by former presidents to build the libraries retain outsize influence. The libraries’ whitewashed exhibits are created by presidential boosters; they host political events; their boards are stacked with loyalists; and many of their important historical records may never see the light of day.

You could say that the rise of the presidential library has followed the fall of the presidency. We once held the office of president in high regard. As we have lowered our opinion of it, presidential libraries have grown larger and more powerful—and less truthful.

[hay rick]

42. LOL.

His presidency was all WWE. His retirement is going to be televangelist. P. T. Barnum can rest his case now.

[JohnnyRingo]

43. Presidential libraries are where they hide things forever.

Somebody must have just told him.

Presidents can take official documents from their time in office and stash them in their library.
We don't have a library card so it can stay there unseen indefinitely. Nixon has two. And people thought those boxes going on the moving truck were full of suits, red ties, and makeup.

Apparently, Trump needs a very, very big library. Huuuge library.

Presidential libraries are perfect examples of just how far presidents will go to control their own legacies. Since the first one was created in 1941, what were intended to be serious research centers have grown into flashy, partisan temples touting huckster history. Built with undisclosed, unlimited donations, often to sitting presidents, libraries have traditionally been donated to the government after their construction. But even though they are taxpayer-funded and controlled by a federal agency, the private foundations established by former presidents to build the libraries retain outsize influence. The libraries’ whitewashed exhibits are created by presidential boosters; they host political events; their boards are stacked with loyalists; and many of their important historical records may never see the light of day.

You could say that the rise of the presidential library has followed the fall of the presidency. We once held the office of president in high regard. As we have lowered our opinion of it, presidential libraries have grown larger and more powerful—and less truthful.

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Presidential records matter because they inform us about what presidents do and how they do it. American citizens give our chief executives a great deal of power to keep much of this information secret, at least temporarily. In exchange, at some reasonable time after they leave office, we get to pierce that secrecy and find out what really happened. Except, the development of the powerful presidential library altered that deal, allowing “history” to be written (rewritten, actually) by presidents themselves. Critics have long charged presidential libraries with politicization, from questionable decisions to withhold certain papers (or sometimes, temporarily “lose” them, as happened with Chief Justice John Roberts’ files at the Reagan Library during his confirmation process) to highly skewed “history” exhibits (such as the Nixon Library’s Watergate display; when the government took control of the facility in 2006, the first thing it did was to dismantle the “fundamentally inaccurate” mess) to years-long Freedom of Information Act request backlogs.

More here:
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/05/07/presidential-libraries-are-a-scam-could-obama-change-that-215109

[myohmy2]

44. 2 billion dollars...

...wow, that's a lot of pornography...

...

[TeamPooka]

46. I picture a drugstore comic book rack and a travel pamphlet display like in a hotel

Then a huge TRUMP gift shop

[BootinUp]

47. keep dreaming. nt

[rpannier]

50. He'll build it at Mar-a-Lago and try and avoid paying property taxes

[Billytee]

51. With a KFC inside?

[sakabatou]

54. And it's just full of books about himself and nothing else.

[tclambert]

56. That is one expensive book.

[pazzyanne]

57. " Trump Envisions $2 Billion Presidential Library"

What's he going to put in it, all of his defunct lawsuits?

[duforsure]

59. trumps looking for new ways to generate money for himself,

He'll embezzle money from it like he's always done with everything else, and he's likely broke and desperate for money now. He'll be calling for his followers pleading for money from them, he knows a sucker when he sees one.

[videohead5]

60. That's a lot of money

For a building that's mostly filled with blank pieces of paper.

[OneBlueSky]

61. That's a lot of tweets . . . n/t

[Aussie105]

62. Sure. A Presidential Library for #45.

An empty building, with a sign out front:

"Permanently unavailable for visitors due to National and International embarrassment."

Money raised will go to removing that sign in 6 months time and opening the building as the 'We-are-sorry Soup Kitchen.'
Hamberders and covefe definitely NOT on the menu. Ever.
Chief serving ladies: Melania and Princess Ivanka. Cooks: The terrible sons.
Chief dish hands: Hannity, Rudy.
(Conditions of their release, they gave no choice.)

Political talk NOT tolerated in the eating area.

[ucrdem]

63. With a hotel on top and a casino on the ground floor.

Operated by the Trump organization no doubt.

[littlemissmartypants]

64. Seems like a lot of money to pay for storage of a

piece of toilet paper you carried around on your shoe.

[EarthFirst]

65. It will be an empty 2.3 million square foot warehouse...

The main attraction in the center of the darkened complex will be a razor wire caged ‘Giuliani Memorial Bounce House’ where visitors can shout their favorite conspiracies at the top of their lungs.

Due to the enormity of the empty structure; visitors will experience the echo chamber effect of their ideas in a cacophony of ecstatic delight.

A state of the art lighting system will display an array of strobe lighting at an astonishing 35 Hz to give visitors a tantalizing sense of stopped motion!

Of course all this mesmerizing sensory overload will undoubtedly create a hunger that only deeply fried poultry can satisfy. A visit to the commissary will provide all the congealed delights that your arteries are sure to absorb!

Ticketing will be provided by DJT Entertainment Services Inc. LLC with a valid government issued identification required. Validation services provided by StratCheck a service of DHS/ICE.

[ad121rome]

66. Step right up

Yes siree folks, step a little closer to see the next wonderful perfect never before seen beautiful thing. You can get in on the ground floor on this adventure and never be sorry. I am giving these beautiful experiences away for a mere $1,000,000 per ticket. I promise you will like it or you get your money back plus bonus coupon. Trust me you will like it. Come closer, what could go wrong!

[Vinca]

68. What will he put in it? Twitter erased his library.

[MissMillie]

70. I wonder: When was the last time this oaf

woke up in the morning without thinking "What is the world going to do for me today?"

[Maeve]

71. Daily Show has already got it covered

http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/trump-twitter-library

[bucolic_frolic]

72. Four Seasons Total Library

Complete with viewing booths

[alittlelark]

76. LOL !!!

[bucolic_frolic]

77. Yeah, you're already laughing

and you haven't even seen the presidential peeps!

[twodogsbarking]

73. Build it in Atlantic City

they will come.

[marble falls]

75. Shaped like a giant hamberder.

[mdbl]

78. LOL

[badboy67]

80. Zzz

[dclarston13]

81. Dr Suess does not have that many books

[niyad]

82. And I envision him in prison for the rest of his unnatural, misbegotten life.

[keithbvadu2]

83. "wants to collect"

[world wide wally]

85. The original design was a life sized replica of the United States

[Marthe48]

86. for a coloring book?

n/gt

[disndat]

87. He could get the $2 1/2 billiion

if the Koch Bros. and the Mercers are still on board.

[hermetic]

88. I envision

Credit Ana Navarro-Cardenas on Twitter

[Nitram]

89. A library with only 15 books: the ones Trump takes credit for writing.

[sdfernando]

90. In other words...

I want to grift a cool 2-bil from the ignorant rabble.

[twodogsbarking]

91. The Trump's know more about stealing money

from nonprofits than anyone. They should write a book or start a college or something.

[Wicked Blue]

92. The Mein Kampf Coloring Book nt

[mahina]

93. A million for Ivanka, a million for Daddy, one for D2, and one for I'm Erick

It adds up quick.

And that’s before we spray paint everything gold.

[abakan]

95. Oh dream on teenage queen!

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

96. Meaning the library will cost $500,000 and he'll pocket the rest

[Initech]

97. He's not worthy of a libary. Hell, he's not worthy of a cheesy roadside museum.

Hell, he's not even worthy of having an exhibit named after him in a cheesy roadside museum.

[intrepidity]

98. ...and that's *just* to cover the "TRUMP" signage! nt

[newdayneeded]

99. Border

if he has 3 acres of land, that will be plenty for him to uproot all of his new border fence and display it right on the grounds.

[CRK7376]

100. That HUGEEEEEE library

would probably be challenged filling a 16ft camper trailer, better yet a pop-up camper.

[CRK7376]

101. That HUGEEEEEE library

would probably be challenged filling a 16ft camper trailer, better yet a pop-up camper.