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highplainsdem

(63,419 posts)
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 05:24 PM 9 hrs ago

Obama Foundation invites Trump to visit presidential library after he calls it a 'disaster' and compares to trash can

Source: Independent

President Donald Trump has derided the Obama Presidential Library as over budget, called its construction a “disaster” and compared it to a trash can. Now, the former president’s foundation is extending an invitation to arguably its most vocal critic.

Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett, who served as a senior adviser in the Obama administration, told USA Today June 3 that the center would welcome Trump to view the center for himself.

“Judge for yourself,” Jarett said during a preview of the center last week. “When our visitors come, they will see a spectacular campus… If [Trump] would like to come and visit it himself, we would welcome him and give him a tour.”

The Independent has asked the White House for comment.

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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/obama-foundation-trump-visit-b2991335.html

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Obama Foundation invites Trump to visit presidential library after he calls it a 'disaster' and compares to trash can (Original Post) highplainsdem 9 hrs ago OP
I hope the Obama Foundation knows the extra cost this will entail with the fumigation after Trump leaves. Vinca 9 hrs ago #1
Apparently he does actually smell like shit fujiyamasan 5 hrs ago #9
Will need a super smudging! electric_blue68 57 min ago #16
Good on the Obama Foundation...Of course there is no chance in Hell that TSF will bother to go, just runs his pie hole. wcmagumba 9 hrs ago #2
A stroke of genius! I'd be real surprised if he actually showed up but just the invite is pure brilliance Deuxcents 9 hrs ago #4
Has shithole seen the WH front yard lately.................... Lovie777 9 hrs ago #3
My guess is that Trumpy will show up and gush all over it--in hopes of getting some votes in November riversedge 8 hrs ago #5
He wants to be loved but knows he'll never get it from anyone fujiyamasan 5 hrs ago #10
It's really a clever way of NJCher 47 min ago #17
He is so jealous of Obama. louis-t 7 hrs ago #6
That a black competent President, loved everywhere,is more popular than he can never be.....has to be ping-ponging thru OAITW r.2.0 5 hrs ago #8
Pres Obama looks mighty sharp in a tan suit Seinan Sensei 58 min ago #15
trumpy dumpty prefers gaudy crap. pansypoo53219 5 hrs ago #7
It's best if he doesn't go HighFired49 5 hrs ago #11
We already know what his library looks like. Marcuse 4 hrs ago #12
Man, talk about a fucking dump.... Prof. Toru Tanaka 1 hr ago #14
Where are the Crayons and Magic Markers? AZ8theist 31 min ago #18
Well played. Permanut 1 hr ago #13
I think they're crazy for inviting him. AZ8theist 29 min ago #19

Vinca

(54,457 posts)
1. I hope the Obama Foundation knows the extra cost this will entail with the fumigation after Trump leaves.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 05:26 PM
9 hrs ago

And how do you remove the smell of sulphur?

wcmagumba

(6,733 posts)
2. Good on the Obama Foundation...Of course there is no chance in Hell that TSF will bother to go, just runs his pie hole.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 05:27 PM
9 hrs ago

Deuxcents

(27,936 posts)
4. A stroke of genius! I'd be real surprised if he actually showed up but just the invite is pure brilliance
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 05:41 PM
9 hrs ago

riversedge

(81,859 posts)
5. My guess is that Trumpy will show up and gush all over it--in hopes of getting some votes in November
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 05:58 PM
8 hrs ago

Just my guess.

But I am glad that the Obama folks extended the invite---It is the polite thing to do.

fujiyamasan

(2,111 posts)
10. He wants to be loved but knows he'll never get it from anyone
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:14 PM
5 hrs ago

Wasn’t it Carter’s funeral where he invited Obama to go golfing with him at Mar a Lago?

Obama’s probably thinking, yeah fuck this guy.

NJCher

(43,670 posts)
17. It's really a clever way of
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:58 AM
47 min ago

pointing out that he was trashing the place without ever having seen it.

Obama: He's clever that way. I can also see this coming from Michelle.

Trump won't go and they know it.

louis-t

(24,675 posts)
6. He is so jealous of Obama.
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 07:11 PM
7 hrs ago

He will never be loved like Obama, he will never be as popular or as smart. Or as good-looking.

OAITW r.2.0

(32,839 posts)
8. That a black competent President, loved everywhere,is more popular than he can never be.....has to be ping-ponging thru
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 08:54 PM
5 hrs ago

his cranium.

Seinan Sensei

(1,674 posts)
15. Pres Obama looks mighty sharp in a tan suit
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 01:47 AM
58 min ago

TSF in a tan suit?
Geez, he’d look like the love child of Jabba the Hutt and a Cane Toad

HighFired49

(528 posts)
11. It's best if he doesn't go
Sun Jun 7, 2026, 09:24 PM
5 hrs ago

It's probably best that Dump doesn't go to the Obama Library. He would probably just double down on his first lie of it being a "trash can", or say that it's even worse than he thought originally. There's no way that he will say anything complimentary about a black person, especially President Obama.

AZ8theist

(7,711 posts)
19. I think they're crazy for inviting him.
Mon Jun 8, 2026, 02:16 AM
29 min ago

Because it could be the most beautiful building he's ever seen, if he were to ever show up.

He will still trash it because he's a pathological liar.

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