Posted on 04/09/2026 4:46:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Behold: the proposed Donald J. Trump Presidential Library coming in for a landing on Biscayne Boulevard, Miami a few years hence. It is already catching a lot of TDS flak, and deservedly so, for its gilded grandiosity — including a gigantic golden statue of “47” himself inside somewhere, and the gold “Trump” brand logo plastered on the 47th floor. Mr. Trump has always been a comedian, and this monument is, at least partly, a bit of trollery against his millions of hate-inflamed detractors, a 47-story middle finger (with a smile). All of that is too self-evident to belabor.
Don’t expect this library to house many books, either. Rather, the building is a combo temple / museum, filled with artifacts and objects of worship, like the jumbo jet (of various Air Force Ones) to be installed in the ground floor entrance.
The more curious aspect of this project is its manifestation as a skyscraper. Such megastructures are just now going obsolete all over the world, and the world is stuck with them. Working from home, or the corner cafe, or just about anywhere, killed the need for organizing office work in this manner, and artificial intelligence is apt to sweep away countless middle-management, information handling jobs in any case. Another skyscraper is just not what the world needs these days.
So, you’d also have to ask: aside from exhibit halls, study rooms, and auditoriums, what the heck else is expected to occupy the many other floors of the building? Document storage makes more sense in low-slung structures (filing cabinets are heavy) or underground, with elaborate climate-control. Is the plan to offer some upper floor market rental space to companies who might want to locate at a “prestige address?” But, we’ve already established that the traditional office milieu is on its way out.
The answer probably is that building skyscrapers is just what DJT did in life, besides being president of the USA twice. It’s what he knows how to do, and this scheme reflects on the triumphs of his prior career in real estate development. Really, it’s just another Trump Tower, perhaps, ultimately, another Trump hotel for folks who want to bask in the glow of the Golden Golem of Greatness and his legendary doings. The final joke is that it’s being financed with the awards from the various lawsuits Mr. T has won against the old legacy media giants who defamed him over years. For all that, we say GO, MAGA. . . !
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I don’t mind the design, but I think they should put two GIANT brass spheres at the base of it.
A hotel and casino!
The writer is jealous. What did he write about the flak tower that obama is saddling the people of Chicago with?
I hear that there will be a statue of Joe Biden boarding Air Force One.
Guess the idiot hasn’t seen the Obama eye sore.
Yes, surprisingly, he has not written about it. Maybe he feels that enough has already been said?
For those interested, Kunstler has done many of these pieces over the years. It is remarkable how many stupid and hideous things architects come up with, trying to be cutting edge, or "green", or whatever.
First, consider the author....... James Howard Kunstler
Permanently disgruntled left wing jew. He is barely better than a disgruntled left wing Black.
He is nothingness.
He is certainly not to be considered a valid critic of that which is architectural in nature.
EYESORE.? Maybe this guy (James Howard Kunstler) should take a look at Obama’s “Presidential Library”.
I think Kunstler just does not like skyscrapers. That is OK. I don’t like them either. He is a big Trump supporter though.
Kunstler is aware of 0bama’s presential library. I emailed him that he should make it an Eyesore of the Month. He replied that it is certainly ugly, but he felt he had covered it enough already.
April 2024 Eyesore of the Month (Obama Presidential Library)
> Permanently disgruntled left wing jew.
You could be right about his roots but
he’s made a lot of really solid observations on what’s been happening the last few years. He’s actually a MAGA dude.
And his blog is really entertaining.
He writes well about what America was like 50 years ago and why it should be more like that now.
He has written some pretty good dystopian novels.
And he’s a good painter (art-wise) - depending on your tastes.
I’ve shot off my mouth a lot here too without considering any positive aspects of this or that left winger or (as I think for Kunstler) former left winger. I don’t think he is a lefty any more. He writes very harshly against them.
Two brass globes at the entrance should do it...
It’s spectacular and beautiful.
I think it looks nice, but what I like is that it is a monument to Trump’s legacy as a builder.
Agree...
I spent some time in that neighborhood about a decade or so (and drove through last month)...see the Miami Heat Arena to the rt and the group of bldgs N? Those condos are Yuge. If the dimensions in the picture are close to accurate then DJT is a monstrosity. The beautiful City Hall at the base is a thimble in size.
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