a lot of gold, a giant statue of him, an airplane museum and not a single book

Donald Trump revealed this Tuesday through his network Truth Social how will it be future presidential library. A video shows a glass tower built in the center of Miami and crowned with the name of the president.

The building will have a immense lobby in which the Air Force One gift from the emir of Qatar, valued at about 400 million. Next to it, a golden escalator will facilitate access to the upper floor.

The images do not show the reading rooms or the shelves containing books. They are full of elements very much to Trump’s taste: an auditorium presided over by a gigantic golden statue or references to his favorite places, such as the Oval Office or the immense ballroom being built in the East Wing of the White House.

“This waterfront landmark in Miami, Florida, will stand as a lasting testament to an incredible man,” he said on the X network. Eric Trump a few hours after the video was published. “The greatest president our nation has ever known,” he added.

The president’s third son leads the foundation that is in charge of the project. Share control with your brother-in-law Michael Boulosmarried to his sister Tiffany. When he presented the project to the Florida authorities, he raised the expectation of raising nearly 1 billion for its execution.

The construction of the library will be funded in part by private donations. Donald Trump assured that he will contribute with the millions of dollars that he will supposedly obtain if he wins the lawsuits filed against Disney, ABC News, Meta o Paramount.

The plot where the new tower will be built is located in the heart of the city. It was valued at around 60 million euros. Last September, the Governor DeSantis and his Republican cabinet approved the transfer of the land to the library foundation.

The property belonged to a educational institution and was used as a parking lot. A popular vote rejected the transfer. The matter ended up in court, but the judge rejected the stoppage of the transfer.

It is not the only controversy that has surrounded the project: the future library will rise next to the Freedom Tower. The 700,000 Cubans who reside in Miami do not like the idea that it eclipses the building that served as a refuge in the 60s for those fleeing the Castro regime.

The president has cultivated his ties with Florida since 1985, when he bought Mar-a-Lago en Palm Beach for about 10 million dollars. In 2019, he moved his residence there from New York. The mansion is known as the ‘Winter White House’.

Donald Trump was already a famous construction businessman before entering politics. He is recognized as one of the leading real estate developers in New York City, where he was born. In the late 1970s he built Trump Tower in Manhattan, where his office was located until he became president in 2016.

Another controversial project carried out under his mandate is the reconstruction of a new That’s it in the White House. The building will house what is intended to be the largest and most luxurious ballroom in the world: another legacy of the Trump presidency for future generations.

The presidential libraries

In the United States, presidential libraries are archive and museum complexes that preserve and display the documentary and political legacy of each president. The tradition began after the term of Franklin D. Roosevelt. They belong to the federal patrimony and are managed by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).

They are unique centers in which they are preserved and made available public availability the official documents, correspondence, photographs, recordings and other materials produced during each president’s term.

They are usually established as private foundations linked to the president. They are supported by funds raised for the construction of the building. Once finished, it is donated to the Federal Governmentwhich assumes the costs of running the archive.

The most famous are those of Presidents Kennedy, in Boston, and Roosevelt, in New York. Although the most visited It is Ronald Reagan’s, in California. Its spectacular museum includes the Boeing 707 that served as Air Force One for several presidents.

According to Politicothe tower that will house the presidential library in Miami will have 47 floors to commemorate that Trump is the 47th president of US history. It will surpass Obama’s, in Chicago, the tallest when its construction is completed.