No, Donald Trump didn't cancel funding for Barack Obama presidential library [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

By Amy Sherman on Monday, February 12th, 2018 at 10:56 a.m.

A viral story on Facebook says that President Donald Trump decided not to pay for Barack Obama’s presidential library, but no such thing happened.

Trump is "cancelling funding for Obama’s free house and library," the Jan. 17 headline on the Patriot Report said.

The story provides no evidence and contradicts actual information about how the Obama library will be funded. Facebook users flagged the post as being potentially fabricated, as part of the social network’s efforts to combat fake news.

The Patriot Report said that after Trump learned that Obama ordered the U.S. Education Department to divert more than $8 million to build the library, Trump rescinded the money and diverted it to privately held charter schools. Michelle Obama was going to get a private residence on the top floor, but Trump supposedly cancelled that, too.

More:
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2018/feb/12/patriot-report/no-trump-didnt-cancel-funding-obama-presidential-l/