Posted on 05/06/2026 1:17:07 AM PDT by Libloather
Former President Barack Obama’s presidential library is hocking pricey merch shaped like the unsightly Chicago tower — as the project’s architects revealed the former commander-in-chief himself was behind the “Death Star” design that’s been widely mocked since construction began.
Ungainly lapel pins that “capture the silhouette” of the Obama Presidential Center are going for $30 in the online store.
“The pin represents the intersection of bold design and global leadership,” the website reads, noting the proceeds go to the Obama Foundation “to inspire, empower and connect people to change their world.”
Each pin is “handcrafted from unfired paper clay,” and is 1.6 inches tall by 1 inch wide — about as oversized as the center itself, which lords 225 feet over Chicago’s Jackson Park in a monolith of concrete and granite.
The $850 million center is slated to open in June after 10 years of development — and criticism of its domineering design — but its online store recently went live in the build-up to the grand opening.
Many weren’t impressed with the pricey pins — with some comparing them to chewing gum, pregnancy tests and blobs of toothpaste.
“It looks like chewed gum or an eraser that a third grader has been mutilating,” one user on X wrote.
“How is that even uglier than the actual building?” said another.
“I thought the building was ugly, then I see the pin,” wrote a third.
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I thought the design looked like a big black dildo.
Shhhhh, don’t get Barry Sotero excited.
Do you understand we're in spiritual warfare???
HISTORY - 1400 years / over 700 MILLION innocent people murdered by Muslims!
“Muslims” A mass of people who carry a "holy" book that says to murder all Jews and Christians who won't bow to their prophet.
And now we're flooding them into our country and even putting them into our government.
Can American voters be more stupid or are we trying to destroy ourselves, our kids and grand-kids AND our future???
U-g-l-—y.
Nice work......./s.
All he got was a flak tower.
This dude didn’t have a pot to p*ss in, nor a window to throw it out of... Now he has a monstrosity scarring the skyline of Chicago built in his name.
It’s good to be the former King.
LOL! Par for the course for anything associated with Obama.
Yes; designed to crush the human spirit. Have mentioned here before, but compare the ‘new’ De Young Museum in San Francisco to the one they demolished in order to build it. Says alot about the state of society.
The illegitimate “president” is an insufferable traitor and boor. His ‘wife” is a male. His “library” is an “obomination”. Anyone “visiting” it is an absolute nitwit and compromised by idiocy.
Looks like a small part you have to order online to replace one on a refrigerator.
For $45.00.
$12.50 on Amazon.com
Dark, sinister, foreboding, ugly. It captures Obummer’s presidency well.
Dark, sinister, foreboding, ugly. It captures Obummer’s presidency well.
The “community” organizer wreaks revenge...........
Looks like something I saw in the market in Santa Fe before it was painted.
hah
My dog leaves behind better looking merch.
A meth lab
That center looks like a Stalinist prison.
Those fools elected a low IQ, socially stunted retard and now are surprised he’s acting the same as he did when he was in office. Tell’em to stop smoking weed. It’s making them even more stupid than they already were.
“Obama selling ugly merch shaped liked his presidential center - as architects reveal he pushed for ‘Death Star’ design”. I’d pay to visit if I could take a giant dump in front of the magic one’s portrait.
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