Obama Foundation Invites Trump to Tour Center Before Opening

As President Trump continues his sharp criticism of the soon-to-open Barack Obama Presidential Center, an official from the institution has extended an invitation for him to visit and see it for himself. The center, an $850 million complex on Chicago's South Side, will open to the public on June 19, Juneteenth weekend.

This week, Obama Foundation CEO Valerie Jarrett stated the center would welcome Trump to view it personally. Judge for yourself, Jarrett said during a preview, adding that if Trump would like to come and visit, they would welcome him and give him a tour.

The invitation follows Trump’s repeated attacks on the project, which have escalated in recent days. On Saturday, Trump posted an AI-generated image on his Truth Social platform depicting the library in a state of decay a decade from now. The fabricated image showed the 225-foot stone tower with a large trash bag draped over it and surrounded by what appeared to be homeless encampments. The caption read, The Barack Hussein Obama Library, in 10 years, when fully matured! Trump has previously labeled the center a disaster, called it over budget, and compared it to a trash can, claiming it was being built by woke people.