Phase Two: A Physical Home
With the 45th, and now 47th, president not removing himself, or his dangerous ideas, from the public discourse, it seems necessary to create a venue to act as a counterbalance to his hurtful legacy. And if we can have a few laughs in the process, even better.
why?
This library is urgently needed to counteract the misinformation that the official presidential library is sure to spread. As the insurrection on January 6th, 2021 showed, Donald Trump and his brand of nationalism are here to stay. So someone probably needs to extend a critical middle finger towards the MAGA movement for posterity.
[ Mission Statement ]
Goals of the library team are:
- Using satire/parody and artistic criticism to document the 45th/47th president’s effect on the American political landscape.
- Execute a pop-up library to act as a counterbalance to the eventual official Presidential Library that will display a sanitized rendition of Trump’s tenure.
- Toe the thin line that exists between an accurate accounting of Trump’s tenure and satirizing the absolute absurdity of the guy behind “The Apprentice” being in charge of nuclear codes.
- In light of Trump’s 2024 win, securing him a second term, picking a fight during the 2026 and 2028 cycles to hurt MAGA candidates.
We will achieve these goals by:
- Documenting the myriad foibles of the Trump presidency.
- Providing exhibits to establish the context of the Trump administration’s impact.
- Drinking.
“The danger of Trump using a presidential library to burnish his image is far more serious … promoting the idea that his electoral loss was somehow fraudulent. That creates an ongoing uncertainty in American public life, which Trump and even more unscrupulous actors will use to further division, inflame tension, exacerbate racism and delegitimize the American democratic system.”
– Philip Kennicott, Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic of The Washington Post
funding / execution
unlike 'some' people we actually try to not swindle people
model shot of Obama Center – design by Williams / Tsien
We are approaching project funding / execution using the following process.
A: Use crowdfunding to:
- Sign lease for exhibit space
- Finalize budget and timeline
- Preliminary exhibit design
B: Execute project
- Finalize design
- Build out the space
- Open two month pop-up run
preliminary budget
please don't investigate us AG James...
photo of Clinton Library – design by Polshek / Ennead
Budgetting is preliminary and may be adjusted up or down as the project develops. Potential costs include:
A. Hard Costs:
- 2.5 month lease
- Staffing on site
- Exhibit insurance
- Project buildout
B. Soft Costs:
- Additional exhibits and renderings
- Honorariums for design staff
- Project management / travel
- Opening reception
C. Professional Services:
- Legal services if necessary
- Bookkeeping and/or accounting
D. Grifting Slush Fund to Our Team
- Just making sure you are paying attention.
crowdfunding rewards
how we will show our appreciation
Rewards to our donors (this will be adjusted as this develops):
$50 donation: donor credit
- Your name on the credit page as a founding donor of the project (if you choose)
Whatever oligarch that donates the full amount:
- Probably whatever you want? Let us know. It would still be less than Stephen Miller gave Satan to be allowed to run the White House…
FINE PRINT:
- For benefits to kick in, the project needs to be fully funded at crowdfunding goal.
location
With a stated mission to provide context and analysis of the former president’s legacy, it is important to site the Donald J. Trump Library in a ‘purple’ state or region. This will allow the project to educate and persuade. Plus, if we are very lucky, we might make the right people very angry with us. One can hope.
Second Term Note: The biggest hurdle is getting a gallery donated for a run. We had a great gallery ready to partner with us in the last political cycle, but security became the main sticking point. If you have a gallery in a purple swing district that you can let us use for a couple months, our director will fly to you in person to discuss. Please contact us, seriously, we can fly Spirit if need be to make this happen.
FAQs
you're asking for HOW much now?
Ugh. A ton of money. Obviously we hate grifters (see: the entire project), so it literally is causing us pain to ask for cash. But if this is going to happen it might take a few pennies.
isn't trump done?
JFC, we are editing this in 2025. We thought January 6th would end him. We thought 34 fucking felonies would end him. We thought Stormy Daniels calling him a mushroom dick would end him. And yet, here we fucking are. Again.
And he might run in 2028. Dear god, we are so tired…
Besides, the MAGA movement has hatched a cadre of truly craven knockoffs of the genuine article. Even without Trump going forward, this is still a target rich environment in need of some selective pruning.
still anonymous huh?
DJT’s followers are still armed, dangerous, and stupid, correct?
Again, our director is an architect based in New York, a city where Trump has a 97% (estimated) un-favorable rating. They are literally throwing commissions away being anonymous.
can you pull this off?
We got this far right? When in doubt, bet on the team that is too stupid to quit when they are ahead and just reckless enough to make constructively bad decisions.
We are ‘just’ crazy enough to make this happen.
Besides, with him being President again, we don’t want to go to the gulags, and that is VERY much on the board now.
would you sell the site?
If Trump gives us $86 million, we will consider giving him the website.
It’s not like he paid taxes or anything.
join the team
We could always use another sucker to work for free.
[ Moving Forward with Your Help ]
Our team appreciates your time in reviewing the case for a temporary physical pop-up museum making an honest (but satirical) assessment of Trump’s legacy.
Please consider how you could be a valuable addition to our team
Or just give us money. That works too.
[ Contact ]
Admin Staff: admin@djtrumplibrary.com
