Posted on 03/08/2026 9:54:49 PM PDT by Libloather
Former Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said on Saturday that President Trump has not been invited to participate in the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center.
According to a press release, the Obama Presidential Center’s grand opening celebrations will begin on June 18 and last through June 21, including "a series of events that bring together the changemakers, community members, volunteers, and supporters who made the Obama presidency a reality and that welcomes visitors to celebrate the power of hope and change."
Jarrett spoke about the upcoming opening ceremonies for the center on MS Now’s "The Weekend" with Jonathan Capehart, who asked, "So when things like this presidential centers or presidential libraries — I was there for President Clinton’s presidential library opening — there are all sorts of dignitaries who are there who are invited. And so I’m just wondering, Valerie, is President Trump invited?"
She gave a response clarifying that only those who played a part in former President Barack Obama’s political journey would be a part of the opening ceremony.
"As I said, this is really a chance for us to celebrate with the people who joined President Obama on this journey, the ordinary people who did the extraordinary things. So, no, but I will say, I hasten to add, that after we open to the public, should President Trump want to come and tour the center, President Obama would be delighted for him to do so."
"That was a very heavy ‘No,’ Valerie," co-host Eugene Daniels chuckled.
"And I’m curious what you think about a country feeling beleaguered, President Obama being the person who represented hope. What does it mean that this center will open under the backdrop of all of that that’s going on in this country right now?" Daniels asked.
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“Wasn’t invited”, my foot.
Turned down the invitation as any halfway smart man, woman,, dog, horse or cat would.
Offer. Of course the opening is three days long. One day is insufficient to celebrate his greatness. I wonder if Mike will show up
That place will be bankrupt within 3 years. They’ll beg Chicago and Illinois for a bailout
Call me crazy, but! Valerie Jarrett is an Iranian asset.
5.56mm
Boy, it’s too bad President Trump isn’t interested in politics
Boy, it’s too bad President Trump isn’t interested in politics
I’m surprised Obama’s lizard overlord can still make a coherent sentence.
I suspect shes been rocking back and forth curled up in a fetal position ever since we started bombing her murderous Iranian cohorts.
I’ll bet when President Trump heard what Valerie Jarrett had to say about getting invited to that opening, 6 to 12 different wisecrack responses he could have given flashed through his head. Hopefully, no reporter will ask him directly. For now, anyway. Tell us about it later Mr. Trump, after you leave office.
Valerie still looks as if the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had a baby.
Obama set race relations back years if not decades. He hurt the American people with “Dreamers,” hatred of police, whites, Christians and conservatives. He misused the law and the FBI, CIA and the IRS to intimidate, spy on and punish innocent people. He pushed the LGBT nonsense and his worthless Obamacare. His Museum is hideous and controversial. He should have put it in Hawaii.
yeah
he is busy
cleaning up obama’s mess
Is he upset?
That’s too bad! Trump is going to miss out on drag queen story hour at the Obama Library...
Big surprise! The former president that forced a Democratic fake dossier to be used by a weaponized intel community in order to surveil a presidential candidate then a president elect and then even a standing president would not want to invite the target of his insurrectional acts to his library opening is simply unheard of. Fuk Obama bin Ladin.
I'll never forgive him for buying the old seaside estate "Robin's Nest" that was used in the original "Magnum P.I.".... and then tearing down the historic buildings and putting up a bunch of crap structures that look like a rundown office complex.
He could have put his Museum there. Then in time the ocean will rise and wash it all away...
Can you imagine waking up next to that? A definite case of chewing off your own arm and escaping before she wakes up.
So....
Big Mike reads stories there? I was wondering if she would even show up.
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