Late Saturday the Washington Post reported that Donald Trump has been telling donors that he is seeking $2 billion to build his presidential library after he leaves office on Wednesday.
The report notes, “The president has told supporters he wants to raise $2 billion for the library — a far greater sum than has been raised for past presidential libraries — and thinks he can collect it in small-dollar donations from his grass-roots supporters.”
Needless to say, critics were both stunned at the amount and found the idea of a Trump presidential library — reportedly to be built in Florida — hilarious and they were quick to mock the president who is notable for refusal to read even simple memos while he was in office.
You can see some responses below:
In case you're wondering, Obama's Library is slated to cost $500 million and will be in the middle of Chicago.
Where on earth (even in FL) could Trump put a library, except on property he already owns? (Grift, grift)
— Purity For Thee But Not For Me🪷💃🏻⚖️ (@TheePurity) January 17, 2021
Correction: he needs $2 billion to pay down his debts and get some breathing room – so he’s going to grift it from his eager supporters. I doubt he’s ever been in a library and he’s barely able to read.
— Scooby Crew (@FinchFlyer) January 17, 2021
The Trump Presidential Library will be a $2,000,000,000 MAGA rally arena where the faithful can come and listen to tapes of rallies with a cardboard cut out of Trump propped up on the stage
— Sean Harrison (@harryleibniz) January 17, 2021
he just wants to finally build a building with his own money
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 17, 2021
His actual library is on a shelf in Rick Wilson's office with 20 copies of Everything Trump touches dies.
— Stranjeer (@AbnormalDNA) January 17, 2021
Here's some books for the Trump library pic.twitter.com/mW6xfZTBpd
— Michael Lewis (@llMichael) January 17, 2021
Preliminary plans for the Trump Library were just released pic.twitter.com/kJhDZGqjhU
— We The People (@WeThePe80146604) January 17, 2021
