The Obama Foundation touted progress on the construction of its presidential library Tuesday after President Trump mocked builders for being behind on developing the property.
“We can’t wait to open our doors to the Obama Presidential Center next spring! In addition to a world-class museum, the 19.3-acre campus will feature a gymnasium, a fruit and vegetable garden, a branch of the Chicago Public Library, a playground, and so much more,” the Obama Foundation wrote in a post on the social media platform X.
A separate post thanked all the workers for contributing to the project. The comments follow Trump’s Tuesday statements criticizing the time it’s taken to develop the library.
“I mean look, President Obama — and if he wanted help, I’d give him help because I build on time and on budget — he’s building his presidential library in Chicago. It’s a disaster,” Trump said during a presser with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
“And he said something to the effect, ‘I only want DEI [diversity, equity and inclusion], I only want woke.’ He wants woke people to build it. Well, he got woke people and they have massive cost overruns, the job is stopped. I don’t know, it’s a disaster,” he added.
The Obama foundation responded to the president’s criticism in a Tuesday statement by emphasizing visitors’ positive experiences.
“Everyone who sees the Obama Presidential Center is blown away by its beauty, scale and the way it will be an economic engine for Chicago and a beacon of hope for the world,” a spokesperson wrote in a statement to The Hill.
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