# What will be in the Trump Presidential Library? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 7, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993 "2020-11-07T17:52:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/41 "2020-11-08T21:36:24Z")
And forks for your pizza. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/42 "2020-11-08T22:05:13Z")
Memorabilia – lots and lots of it: - a Trump tie (ugly, and made in China, from his failed clothing venture) - a Trump steak (from his failed steak venture, so overdone – the way he likes it – that it’s self-preserving, like shoe leather, attractively smeared with ketchup to look like a Trump dinner) - a replica ticket for the Trump shuttle (from his failed airline venture) - a bottle of Trump vodka (from his failed liquor venture) - casino chips (from his failed casino ventures) - a replica diploma from Trump University (from his failed get-rich-quick venture) - a bottle of bleach (from his failed suggestion for a cure for COVID) - a large filing cabinet containing lawsuit filings (from his failed real estate ventures) - a rototiller marked “property of Four Seasons Total Landscaping” (stolen) - a “Trump-Pence 2020” yard sign (new, never used) - and a giant model of a COVID virus (representing a catastrophically failed presidency) Just a few ideas. I’m sure there are many more. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/43 "2020-11-08T22:17:23Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The Presidential Records Act requires presidents to preserve essentially every document or scrap of paper they ever lay their eyes or fingers on throughout their presidency, to be preserved in the custody of the National Archives. This is one reason why the private/public model won’t work in this case. DJT would not go along with funds he raises resulting in a tourist attraction/library where the library was run by the National Archives under its rules. If we are lucky enough to get a few years with Democrats holding the House, Senate, and presidency, I suggest passing a law for the federal; government to obtain Mar-a-Lago by eminent domain. This is not an extreme idea because the property, historic even before Trump bought it, was previously held by the National Park Service. Mar-a-Lago, opened as the Trump library, would be the most successful Florida attraction other than theme parks. It would boost tourism, causing vast numbers of people who would never have gotten past Orlando to spend money further south. . . ---
**Author:** ![Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/77aa72/32.png) [@Fluffy\_PickleSniffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fluffy_PickleSniffer)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/44 "2020-11-08T22:19:39Z")
All the books will be audio format. He doesn’t actually read, does he? Oh, and sharpies and blank papers for him to sign with his very own little hands. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/45 "2020-11-08T22:21:09Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > If we are lucky enough to get a few years with Democrats holding the House, Senate, and presidency, I suggest passing a law for the federal; government to obtain Mar-a-Lago by eminent domain. This is not an extreme idea because the property, historic even before Trump bought it, was previously held by the National Park Service. That means giving him the fair-market value. Why would you want to give him any more government money? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/46 "2020-11-08T22:32:37Z")
The other thing is that the federal government isn’t responsible for paying for the building; that’s the responsibility of the private group organizing the presidential library. So if Trump wants to turn Mar-A-Lago into his presidential library, he has to donate it to the government. Do you see him doing that? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/47 "2020-11-08T23:15:27Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Do you see him doing that? I can barely see the words “Trump” and “Library” in the same sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/48 "2020-11-08T23:37:13Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Every Saturday a bag of shreds will be poured out on the floor in a room and the general public (for an admission fee) will be invited in to try putting shreds together to reconstruct original documents. 🙂 A large eye-chart that says Person, Woman, Man, TV, Camera. As someone mentioned earlier - yes, Trump steaks are (were) delicious, and should be displayed so that they’re hanging over the edge of something. And then hopefully frozen, periodically. His tie rack. (Still holding out for that Gary Johnson Library.) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/49 "2020-11-08T23:53:38Z")
Just this? oh la la… [![](https://images.actionnetwork.com/blog/2019/12/back-to-the-future.jpg) ](https://images.actionnetwork.com/blog/2019/12/back-to-the-future.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/50 "2020-11-08T23:55:47Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > a “Trump-Pence 2020” yard sign (new, never used) With our without the razorblades? ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/51 "2020-11-09T00:03:09Z")
A Melania-bot that slaps your hand when you try to touch it. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/52 "2020-11-09T00:05:00Z")
I believe all authentic “Trump-Pence 2020” signs came festooned with razor blades. The ones without are the cheap knock-offs. BTW, all items are available at exorbitant prices at the Gift Shop, which occupies 95% of the presidential library. Except for the rototiller from Four Seasons Total Landscaping. There is only one of those, and it’s not for sale, but make an offer anyway. Anything goes at the Trump Presidential Library if the price is right. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/53 "2020-11-09T00:12:51Z")
I, too, agree that Mar-a-Lago will be it, converted into the musuem. There will be a gift shop, a replica Oval Office, all manners of documents in the archives, photos of Trump’s visit to meet Kim Jong Un, no doubt a wall dedicated to the 2019 mission to kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, a list of Trump’s achievements, and also a great deal of stuff pertaining to his pre-presidential life, such as WWE, The Apprentice, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/54 "2020-11-09T00:21:40Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > …a list of Trump’s achievements… - 2017 tax cut - DACA fuckery - sometimes _three_ scoops instead of two if he’s been extra “meaned on”. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/55 "2020-11-09T00:29:37Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > no doubt a wall dedicated to the 2019 mission to kill ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi No wall dedicated to the 2020 mission to kill a quarter million Americans? ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/56 "2020-11-09T00:31:54Z")
If he does turn Mar-a-Lago into his presidential library and museum (and I _really_ doubt he’s going to do that), I’ll bet that the dessert menu at the museum café will feature the “most beautiful piece of chocolate cake that you’ve ever seen”. Remember that Mar-a-Lago is a private club, for which the initiation fee is supposedly $200,000, with $14,000 annual dues. I really don’t see him giving up this revenue source anytime soon. (On the other hand, once he’s no longer in office, why would anyone want to curry favor with him?) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/57 "2020-11-09T00:32:24Z")
Oh, damn, how could I have forgotten! Please add this exhibit to my list above. Of course Donny “two-scoops” has to be honored for that. I suggest a plastic replica of a piece of apple pie with _ **two scoops** _ of plastic replica vanilla ice cream (with a plaque reminding visitors that everyone else just got one scoop). After all, Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and Biden was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Donny should be remembered for being awarded two scoops. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/58 "2020-11-09T00:35:17Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > No wall dedicated to the 2020 mission to kill a quarter million Americans? That goes outside. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/59 "2020-11-09T00:35:20Z")
No, you’re thinking of the swamp. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993/60 "2020-11-09T00:40:20Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Trump has notoriously ignored this, preferring to shred just about everything he touches. I’ve read that the National Archives has an agent whose job is to empty Trump’s wastebaskets and collect all the shreds, which a team of archivists spend their time trying to put back together. (Yes, I really read that somewhere once. I wonder how true that is?) > **[Meet the guys who tape Trump's papers back together](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/10/trump-papers-filing-system-635164)** > > The president's unofficial 'filing system' involves tearing up documents into pieces, even when they're supposed to be preserved. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-will-be-in-the-trump-presidential-library/924993.md?page=4)