The Obama presidential library has been universally mocked during construction as austere and “prison-like.”
Senator Ted Cruz upped the mockery and took to social media on Tuesday to poke enjoyable on the constructing with a Star Wars reference.
Cruz shared on X, “Finding the Loss of life Star in Chicago was a daring transfer.”
Finding the Loss of life Star in Chicago was a daring transfer. https://t.co/Kz2MkuRuq7
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) October 14, 2025
Customers on X couldn’t assist however weigh in.
A “view from the within.”
View from the within. pic.twitter.com/joLrR3DCxO
— M. Czechowski (@Ectobass) October 14, 2025
The “design inspiration.”
This was the design inspiration: pic.twitter.com/goYdnGfOx7
— TruBlueGrl (@TruBlueGrl) October 15, 2025
— George Katschke (@george_katschke) October 15, 2025
One other consumer famous the distinction between Obama’s library and plans for President Trump’s library.
Take a look at the distinction between what Obama is constructing and what Trump is constructing.
Obama is constructing what resembles The Star Wars ‘Loss of life Star’
In the meantime Trump is constructing classical structure that appears prefer it’s from The Renaissance Interval.
The Arc of Trump! pic.twitter.com/krwPPsUZlL
— Joe T ⌘ (@BryptoJoe) October 18, 2025
The shrine to Barack Obama, the Obama Presidential Middle (OPC), remains to be beneath building however anticipated to open subsequent 12 months.
Biz Pac Review notes that the constructing, designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, options an exterior wrapped in granite panels and is considered one of “quite a few buildings on the large 19-acre Obama Presidential Middle campus, which has been priced at about $830 million by the Related Press.”
The choice to construct the OPC on 19.3 acres in Jackson Park, a historic public park on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations, sparked opposition from environmentalists and preservationists who raised considerations over the environmental affect of the venture.
In January 2025, a Black-owned subcontractor filed a $40 million racial discrimination lawsuit towards Thornton Tomasetti, the venture’s structural engineering agency, alleging racial discrimination.
The Chicago-based subcontractor, Robert McGee, is suing Thornton Tomasetti, the agency that oversees the engineering of the OPC.
In response to the lawsuit, Thornton Tomasetti created new guidelines for rebar spacing, which impacted Robert McGee’s productiveness and price him hundreds of thousands of {dollars}.
In response to Newsweek, the OPC has additionally been suffering from rising prices and delays. Initially budgeted at $350–500 million, the venture’s value has ballooned to $830 million and will surge previous $1 billion.
Building was supposed to start in 2018 however was delayed to 2021.
