{"id":2501653,"date":"2025-10-21T20:36:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-obama-library-stuck-due-to-women-and-dei-builders\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T20:36:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T00:36:52","slug":"trump-says-obama-library-stuck-due-to-women-and-dei-builders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-obama-library-stuck-due-to-women-and-dei-builders\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Obama library &#8216;stuck&#8217; due to &#8216;women and DEI&#8217; builders"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-says-obama-library-stuck-due-to-women-and-dei-builders%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=2501653&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 ongoing construction of former president Barack Obama&#8217;s Presidential Center in Chicago, claiming the project is &#8220;stuck&#8221; as it is indeed being built &#8220;only by women and DEI&#8221; (diversity, equity, and inclusion) initiatives. The Obama Presidential Center, which broke ground in September 2021 and is expected to open in spring 2026, has faced delays and cost overruns, with expenses rising from an estimated $300 million to $850 million. The project has also attracted controversy, including a $40 million lawsuit from a Black-owned subcontractor alleging racial discrimination by the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >engineering firm involved<\/a>. Critics,including Senator Ted Cruz,have mocked the building&#8217;s unconventional &#8220;brutalist&#8221; design. Trump contrasted the slow progress with his own Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, which he described as built &#8220;very quickly and very well.&#8221; Trump is also planning his own presidential libary in Miami, although that project currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-tom-carper-announces-bill-to-give-d-c-statehood\/\" title=\"Sen. Tom Carper announces bill to give D.C. statehood\">faces legal challenges<\/a>.  <\/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\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump says Obama library &lsquo;stuck&rsquo; because &lsquo;only women and DEI&rsquo; building it<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2373792\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> on Tuesday took a shot at former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Barack Obama&rsquo;s<\/a> presidential library in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chicago<\/a>, saying the construction project is &ldquo;stuck&rdquo; because &ldquo;only women and DEI&rdquo; are building it.<\/p>\n<p>Construction for the Obama Presidential Center has been ongoing since its groundbreaking ceremony in September 2021. Finally nearing completion, the project is expected to open in spring 2026. However, Trump knocked at his first predecessor&rsquo;s commitment to empowering female and diverse construction workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858874\/stephen-colbert-challenges-karine-jean-pierre-on-bidens-mental-acuity\/\">Stephen Colbert challenges Karine Jean-Pierre on Biden&rsquo;s mental acuity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858973\/trump-claims-donate-funds-justice-department-charity\/\">Trump claims he would donate possible payout from Justice Department to charity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3858254\/east-wing-demolition-continues-long-line-of-white-house-renovations\/\">East Wing demolition continues long line of White House renovations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;He needs help,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/reaganreese_\/status\/1980748216124543164\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">answered in response<\/a> to a question from <em>Daily Caller<\/em> White House correspondent Reagan Reese about the building&rsquo;s brutalist architecture that has been recently ridiculed online. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not too pretty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s closed. It&rsquo;s stopped. They ran out of money,&rdquo; Trump continued. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re stuck, and he wanted only women and DEI to build it. Well, that&rsquo;s what they got.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, the engineering firm responsible for building Obama&rsquo;s presidential library was hit with a $40 million lawsuit filed by a black-owned concrete subcontractor over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-justice-department-scraps-investigation-into-yales-discriminatory-admissions-process\/\" title=\"Biden Justice Department Scraps Investigation Into Yale\u2019s Discriminatory Admissions Process\">alleged racial discrimination<\/a>. The subcontractor claimed the engineering firm&rsquo;s professional criticism amounted to racially discriminatory practices that forced it to do extra work and put it on the verge of bankruptcy.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former President Barack Obama speaks as Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL), left, and former first lady Michelle Obama, right, listen during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo\/Charles Rex Arbogast)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lawsuit drew national attention to the library&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a> goals for its construction contracts, which required at least 35% of subcontracts to be owned by minorities.<\/p>\n<p>Delays have plagued the project for the past four years, contributing to an estimated total cost of $850 million. When the project was first proposed, it was estimated to cost about $300 million.<\/p>\n<p>Once completed, the Obama Presidential Center will feature a 225-foot-tall museum as the main attraction and include a branch of the Chicago Public Library, in addition to other amenities.<\/p>\n<p>Among the building&rsquo;s critics is Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ted-cruz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ted Cruz<\/a> (R-TX), who likened its unconventional design to the Death Star from <em>Star Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Emperor has launched the Death Star&hellip;. 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The project, however, is currently facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3842210\/trump-presidential-library-plans-miami-lawsuit-transparency-concerns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal trouble<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3850777\/judge-miami-land-transfer-trump-presidential-library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">court injunction<\/a>. Trump&rsquo;s presidential library will open sometime after the end of his second term.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump claims Obama library stalled due to &#8220;only women and DEI&#8221; builders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2501654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP21271711663381.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[65651,16574,50925,3634,65650],"class_list":["post-2501653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-construction-delay","tag-dei","tag-obama-library","tag-trump","tag-women-builders"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/AP21271711663381.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2501653"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2501657,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2501653\/revisions\/2501657"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2501654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2501653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2501653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2501653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}