Commentary: The golden idol at the center of Trump's presidential library is a terrible idea even for him

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The recently revised food pyramid may put fruit as a medium priority, but there is nothing the Trump administration likes more than the apple of discord.Every news cycle, the president seems intent on introducing something new for Americans to argue about: the wisdom (and legality) of war in Iraq; the term “affordability”; the efficacy of mail-in ballots (which the president recently used); the meaning of birthright; the legitimacy of a vice president who has been publicly admonished by two popes for writing a book about his conversion to Catholicism — heck, we’re still arguing about that new food pyramid.But there is one recent development upon which we really should all agree — erecting a gold statue of President Trump in the middle of his proposed presidential library is a No Good, Very Bad Idea.On Tuesday, the president’s son Eric posted a first-look video for said library, which will reside on the waterfront in Miami.

While questions were raised about the inclusion of the Boeing 747-8 the president controversially accepted as a gift from Qatar and the apparent lack of space in the sky-scraping library for, you know, books, it was the enormous gold statue of Trump towering over the stage in a proposed auditorium that drew the most immediate attention.California Hundreds of anti-Trump protesters turned out.

“This administration doesn’t serve us.It serves billionaires,” said Kent Miller, who protested in Pasadena.That Trump chose to reveal this little (well, actually quite big) beauty mere days after millions of Americans across the country participated in a coordinated No Kings march can be taken as either breathtaking irony or, more probably, a rage-baiting metaphoric middle finger.As he has been recently wont to do, California Gov.

Gavin Newsom quickly responded on his press office X account with photos of gold statuary depicting former chairman of ...