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\n\tOn Monday, President Donald Trump posted a short video to Truth Social unveiling a rendering of his planned Donald J. Trump Presidential Library in downtown Miami.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe video shows a 47-story tower emblazoned with Trump <\/em>across the top, a red-white-and-blue spire, and an American flag at its center. The promo also shows a gold entranceway and escalator, naturally, as well as models of Air Force One and several military aircraft. It also depicts a 20-foot-tall golden statue of Trump, as well as a replica of the Oval Office, the latter of which is common in presidential libraries.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a post on X also featuring the video, the president\u2019s son and executive vice president of the Trump Organization, Eric Trump, said, \u201cOver the past six months, I have poured my heart and soul into this project with my incredible team at [the Trump Organization]. This landmark on the water in Miami, Florida will stand as a lasting testament to an amazing man, an amazing developer, and the greatest President our Nation has ever known.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tHow much of what is in the video will actually be a part of the forthcoming library is unclear: the Washington Post<\/em> reported that the video was made at least partially using generative AI, and the Trump Organization did not respond to questions about the library. <\/p>\n \n\tThe Library is being designed by Bermello Ajamil, a Florida-based architecture firm. In December, Politico<\/em> reported that the proposed Trump library would include a hotel, rooftop restaurant, office space, and 47 stories, in reference to Trump\u2019s term as the 47th president. The Air Force One plane shown in the video would likely be the $400 million Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar to the president. <\/p>\n \n\tPeter Zalewski, a Miami condo analyst, told Politico<\/em> that the land earmarked for the library is highly desirable due to its downtown location and zoning; he estimated that it is worth $360 million.<\/p>\n \n\tAs for how much this will all cost to build, the Miami Herald<\/em> reported last fall that Trump\u2019s library foundation is aiming to raise nearly $1 billion in donations, according to the foundation\u2019s IRS application for tax-exempt status. The foundation raised $50 million last year, with plans to raise $300 million this year, and $600 million in 2027. Most of the money raised last year, according to the Herald<\/em>, came from legal settlements with major companies, including ABC, Paramount, and Meta.<\/p>\n \n\tMeanwhile, President Barack Obama\u2019s presidential library in Chicago is nearing its grand opening this June. It is set to feature commissions from 10 different artists, across its 19.3-acre campus, including Nick Cave, Marie Watt, Maya Lin, Julie Mehretu, and others. <\/p>\n \n\tNo word yet on whether Trump plans to commission any artists for his edifice, but perhaps Christian \u201cworship\u201d speed-painter Vanessa Horabeuna is available?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n [analyse_source url=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/art-news\/news\/president-trump-plans-presidential-library-skyscraper-miami-1234779509\/”]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.artnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2241289844.jpg?w=1024″] On Monday, President Donald Trump posted a short video to Truth Social unveiling a rendering of his planned Donald J. Trump Presidential Library in downtown Miami. The video shows a 47-story tower emblazoned with Trump across the top, a red-white-and-blue spire, and an American flag at its center. The promo also shows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,226],"class_list":["post-1857472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-artnews-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1857472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1857472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1857472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1857472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1857472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}