Most of us to the right of Bella Abzug were relieved to see the presidential terms of Barack Obama in the rearview mirror. He was actually a divisive figure; some of his more stupid remarks set race relations in the United States back 50 years. He was lauded by the left for his supposed oratorical skills, as Democrats would have had us believe he was the reincarnation of Cicero, when in fact he wasn't that good even on a teleprompter, often delivering remarks in a droning monotone. Off the teleprompter, he was awful. And the very worst thing about his presidency is the fact that, because of those two terms, we later got the disastrous Joe Biden foisted on us for four years.
Presidents, though, when they leave office, generally set up a presidential library or other such edifice. I've visited the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in California's Simi Valley, and it's beautiful, intriguing, and interesting. I once drove through Little Rock, Arkansas, and saw signs directing one to the William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, but honestly, I had better things to do with my time on that trip, which better things may have included stabbing myself in the thigh with my car keys.
Barack Obama, on the other hand, is causing the Obama Presidential Center to be built in Chicago, and it's a perfect metaphor for his presidency: Ugly, brutal, divisive, and hard on the ordinary folks.
Chicago community leaders and longtime residents say the Obama Presidential Center risks washing away the neighborhood’s fabric, warning that proposed luxury developments tied to the project could price out families who have long called the South Side home, according to a report.
They also say the sprawling 19.3-acre site in historic Jackson Park, with its 225-foot-tall concrete museum, has become an eyesore that disrupts the natural landscape and all locals are getting in return for the unsightly structure is soaring rents and higher tax bills.
"This is a monument to one man's ego," Steve Cortes, a longtime Chicagoan and former advisor to President Donald Trump, told the Daily Mail. "Look at the Reagan Library. It's beautiful. This? There are almost no windows. What are they hiding? And this Brutalist cement look in a city known for its incredible architecture."
Well, all presidential libraries are monuments to one man; that's kind of the whole point. But look at this big, ugly pile of cement:
Chicago residents are calling the Obama Presidential Center a "monstrosity" and fear being displaced by gentrification.
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 19, 2025
Construction costs have ballooned from $330M to $830M while the project faces criticism over its community impact. pic.twitter.com/nbmTpu3Z14
Typical Democrat efficiency. The costs have more than doubled, the thing still isn't finished, it's ugly, and it's torquing off all of the regular people who live in the area.
Now that I think about it, it may well be the perfect monument to the Obama presidency.
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Seriously, who designed this thing? A presidential library should be inspirational. It should be beautiful. It should be something that prompts awe and admiration. This thing looks like something you'd find in Communist China; I've been there, in Shanghai, and this monstrosity isn't too far off from what government buildings in the Middle Kingdom look like.
Anyone and everyone involved in designing and building any presidential library and museum should be required to first tour the Reagan Library. That's how it should be done. That should be the model.
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