Leaked Photos of Obama’s Presidential Library Statue and Arch Drop — It Looks Exactly Like a DEI Disaster, Just as You’d Expect
The photos are out, and they’re every bit as bad as the rumors suggested.
Leaked images of Barack Obama’s statue at his Presidential Library in Chicago have surfaced, and the results are exactly what you’d expect from a project built on DEI principles from the ground up. Obama reportedly insisted the statue be created by a black sculptor — and the final product looks like a rushed, low-effort disaster.T
The arch at the library is somehow even worse. It’s not AI. It’s real. And it looks like something a high school art class would reject.
But the statue and arch are just the latest symptoms of a much bigger problem. The entire Obama Presidential Center has been a DEI nightmare from the start:
– Contracts were handed out to “diverse suppliers” instead of the best qualified companies.
– DEI construction workers were prioritized over experienced crews.
– The original $350 million budget exploded to over $830 million.
– The project is now fighting a $40 million racial discrimination lawsuit filed by one of its own DEI hires.
You really can’t make this stuff up.
This is what happens when ideology is placed above competence. Obama’s team turned what should have been a dignified presidential library into a monument to grievance politics and waste. Instead of focusing on quality and legacy, they focused on skin color and checkboxes — and the results speak for themselves.
President Trump has been clear that DEI is a cancer on American institutions. It destroys standards, inflates costs, and produces exactly the kind of embarrassing outcomes we’re seeing in Chicago. When you prioritize race over merit, you get subpar work at triple the price while the people involved sue each other.
The leaked photos are just the cherry on top of a very expensive, very ugly cake. Obama wanted a legacy project that celebrated “diversity.” What he got instead is a perfect case study in why DEI fails — and why the American people are done with it.
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Is it just me, or does the statue of Obama look just like Karen Bass?
What a perfectly fitting statue and library for the former president and first lady. The entire project very, VERY much represents the class and sensibilities that the Obamas bestowed upon our nation. And being a half billion dollars over budget is not such a big deal when it means deserving DEI hires are benefitting. I’m sure it will look absolutely gorgeous when the shrubbery grows in.
What happened to the famous bama ears ??
24/7 guards just to keep the tags off that ugly pile of poop
Does anyone know when it will be okay to deface the building and spray paint those statues red then tip them over?
When we have a firm date let me know okay?
Hideous.
Like the people it represents.
Wonder what the bath house looks like?
Has Squidward moved into his new home yet?