{"id":2431873,"date":"2025-05-07T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-offers-to-help-obama-with-presidential-library-disaster\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:43:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:43:59","slug":"trump-offers-to-help-obama-with-presidential-library-disaster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-offers-to-help-obama-with-presidential-library-disaster\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Offers to Help Obama with Presidential Library &#8216;Disaster&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-offers-to-help-obama-with-presidential-library-disaster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2431873&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>former President Donald Trump criticized the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago during a meeting with Canadian Prime minister Mark Carney, referring to the project as a &#8220;disaster.&#8221; Initially proposed in 2017, the center has faced delays and is now set to open in 2026, significantly behind its original 2021 timeline.Trump attributed the project&#8217;s issues to Obama&#8217;s focus on diversity and inclusion in construction contracts, suggesting that the &#8220;woke&#8221; approach contributed to costly overruns and halted progress. He highlighted a lawsuit filed by a Black contractor against the lead engineering firm, which alleges racial discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama Foundation responded by stating that the project&#8217;s design and impact will be positive for Chicago, asserting that everyone who visits will be impressed by the center&#8217;s beauty and significance. Trump,however,maintained that the project had strayed far over budget,originally estimated at $350 million but now exceeding $850 million. The situation has caused various disputes among subcontractors and raised concerns over the project&#8217;s management and execution.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump took time out from talks with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday to deride the Obama Center in Chicago over its problems.<\/p>\n<p>The project was first proposed in 2017 after former President Barack Obama left the White House. From the outset, the project was stalled by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/look-happening-people-live-near-obamas-presidential-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resident opposition<\/a> and other concerns. Once scheduled to open in 2021, the project now has an opening date of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean look, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tucker-carlson-drops-bombshell-obama-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Obama<\/a> &mdash; and if he wanted help, I&rsquo;d give him help &hellip; because I build on time and on budget &mdash; he&rsquo;s building his presidential library in Chicago. It&rsquo;s a disaster,&rdquo; Trump said, according to a video <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/theblaze\/status\/1919796625284686211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump then summarized Obama&rsquo;s effort to ensure diversity in the contracts for building the project, seemingly referencing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">lawsuit<\/a> filed by a black contractor on the project.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And he said something to the effect, &lsquo;I only want DEI. I only want woke.&rsquo; He wants woke people to build it. Well, he got woke people, and they have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosis-subway-boondoggle-just-one-of-governments-countless-spending-secrets\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi&#039;s Subway ...: A Government&#039;s Hidden Spending Secret\">massive cost overruns<\/a>. The job is stopped. I don&rsquo;t know, it&rsquo;s a disaster,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s bad for the presidency that a thing like that should happen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Obama, Trump said, &ldquo;wanted to be very politically correct, and he didn&rsquo;t use good, hard, tough, mean construction workers that I love.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He wanted people that, like, never did it before, and he&rsquo;s got a disaster on his hands.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President Trump is trolling Obama now: &ldquo;He&rsquo;s building his Library in Chicago. It&rsquo;s a disaster. He said he wants woke people to build it. Well, he got woke people and they have massive cost overruns. The job is stopped.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&#128514; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aZlPVPBU93\">pic.twitter.com\/aZlPVPBU93<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; TheBlaze (@theblaze) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1919796625284686211?\">May 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Trump said the center was &ldquo;millions of dollars, like many, many &mdash; I mean, really, many millions of dollars over budget.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>An Obama Foundation representative said Trump appeared to be focused on &ldquo;a relatively common dispute between two subcontractors over work that has already been completed,&rdquo; according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/president-trump-obama-presidential-center-disaster-blames-woke-construction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;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,&rdquo; the foundation said in a statement. &ldquo;We look forward to welcoming all visitors to the 19.3-acre campus next spring, to experience a presidential center that not only honors the Obamas&rsquo; legacy but also lifts up the next generation of leaders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Trump is right about the Obama Presidential Center.<\/p>\n<p>Originally estimated at $350M, today it&rsquo;s over $850M.<\/p>\n<p>The site, environmental, public trust, and financial issues have caused headaches, lawsuits, and delays.<\/p>\n<p>Like the Obama presidency, the OPC is a complete disaster. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c1Yx8YPshi\">pic.twitter.com\/c1Yx8YPshi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Contrarian (@ChicagoContrar1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChicagoContrar1\/status\/1919986598466162716?\">May 7, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Chicago-based subcontractor II in One filed a $40 million lawsuit, claiming that racial discriminatory practices have harmed the company, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox32chicago.com\/news\/obama-center-subcontractor-files-40m-discrimination-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WFLD<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The suit was filed against Thornton Tomasetti, the lead firm for the $830 million <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-presidential-center-will-cost-taxpayers-almost-200-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In a shocking and disheartening turn of events, the African American owner of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poetic-justice-obama-library-delayed-discrimination-lawsuits-environmental-injunctions-enrichment-allegations\/\" title=\"Poetic Justice: Obama Library Delayed - Discrimination Lawsuits, Environmental Injunctions, Enrichment Allegations\">local construction company finds<\/a> himself and his company on the brink of forced closure because of racial discrimination by the structural engineer,&rdquo; the lawsuit said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;II in One and its <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >joint venture partners &#038;hellip<\/a>; was subjected to baseless criticisms and defamatory and discriminatory accusations by the Obama Foundation&rsquo;s structural engineer, Thornton Tomasetti.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The suit claims Thornton Tomasetti altered standards from those of the American Concrete Institute, resulting in &ldquo;excessively rigorous and unnecessary inspection&rdquo; and major cost overruns.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton Tomasetti has said the subcontractor was &ldquo;questionably qualified.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a memo, Thornton Tomasetti said it and another firm &ldquo;bent over backwards to assist what everyone knows was a questionably qualified subcontractor team in areas where more qualified subcontractor would not have required it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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