Queue The Imperial March: Obama Learns What Folks Really Think About His Ugly Presidential Center

Posted • October 19, 2025: 'There stood a tower of marvellous shape. It was fashioned by the builders of old, who smoothed the Ring of Isengard, and yet it seemed a thing not made by the craft of men, but riven from the bones of the earth in the ancient torment of the hills.' Tolkien's description of Orthanc, from the road to Isengard, comes to mind at the first sight of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. You can almost picture Saruman standing atop the tower, sending his legions of Uruk-hai to war against Rohan at the fortress of Helm's Deep. Perhaps you prefer science fiction, and you picture Darth Sidious laughing as he informs a shocked Luke Skywalker that this Death Star is a fully operational battle station. Be it Middle Earth or a galaxy far, far away, the dystopian-looking chunk of rock that bears the former president's name seems to remind everyone who sees it of something, and none of it is very good. Except for Barry, he really seems to like the place.

He recently took to social media to brag a little about the progress being made, posting a video of himself, complete with a hard hat and safety glasses, overseeing the construction. Politicians do love to cosplay, don't they? We found it interesting that he dropped the 'Hope' when he called the center, which will be the place that holds the record of his presidential legacy, a 'Hub for change.' Could it be that even he has lost hope that history will remember him well? It would explain why he's building a presidential library that's shaped like a garbage can. Was this your prototype? https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3j1HT8XMAAZbMh?format=jpg&name=small —— The trash can comparisons are fitting given that most of Obama's policies, from the Iran Nuclear Deal to Obamacare, were truly garbage. Some others, like James Woods, see the design of the eyesore structure as a perfect depiction of Obama's legacy.

James Woods @RealJamesWoods: “First of all they’re calling it a “center,” not a library, understandable given the woeful illiteracy rate of his more passionate followers.” - “Neo Fascist architecture.” […] For the folks who were too young to remember Barry trying to hand over our sovereignty to the UN or redistribute our economy into oblivion, there are a few posts for you as well. —— It looks like Squidward’s house. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3jqI7wXMAA3cOB?format=jpg&name=small —— The whole project might have been better off if it were built in a pineapple under the sea. (…)

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