{"id":10042,"date":"2026-04-03T16:34:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/04\/03\/vegas-hotel-meets-aerospace-bling-trumps-presidential-library-plan-is-a-gaudy-self-glorifying-monstrosity-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T16:34:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T16:34:03","slug":"vegas-hotel-meets-aerospace-bling-trumps-presidential-library-plan-is-a-gaudy-self-glorifying-monstrosity-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/04\/03\/vegas-hotel-meets-aerospace-bling-trumps-presidential-library-plan-is-a-gaudy-self-glorifying-monstrosity-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Vegas hotel meets aerospace bling\u2019: Trump\u2019s presidential library plan is a gaudy, self-glorifying monstrosity Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From JFK\u2019s modernist concrete to Obama\u2019s \u2018Tatooine sandcrawler\u2019, the presidential library is where egos burnish their legacies. But the brash, bookless vibe of Trump\u2019s, complete with giant golden statue, makes for the ugliest yet<\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/mar\/31\/trump-presidential-library-plans-miami-ridicule\">unveiling of the prospective Trump presidential library<\/a>, which, in its timing and substance looked for all the world like an April fool, the old adage that you can\u2019t gild a turd but you can roll it in glitter has become bleakly redundant. It turns out that you can most definitely gild a turd.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of the proposed 47-storey skyscraper on Miami\u2019s waterfront \u2013 47 floors for the 47th President \u2013 is a giant golden statue of Trump giving off dictator-for-life vibes, his gilded fist triumphantly raised. 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