The library of a Republican president refers without an apparent second thought to the need to reconstruct society through government intervention in order to defeat "class interests."
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President Donald Trump flew aboard the newest Air Force One on its maiden voyage Wednesday. The plane, a Boeing 747-8, was donated to the United States by the government of Qatar—a controversial gift that some allege is an attempt to buy influence with the president. Before leaving for the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota, President Trump told reporters that the aircraft is “maybe the greatest commercial plane ever built.” The jet, valued at about $200 million, was accepted from Qatar last year. Although the U.S. government did not pay for the aircraft, the Air Force has spent hundreds of millions retrofitting it with secure communications and additional systems necessary for presidential…Open
President Trump is in North Dakota on Wednesday afternoon, where he is expected to tour the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library before delivering remarks during its dedication ceremony. The trip — which also marks the first use of the new Air Force One jet, a gift from Qatar — comes as the Trump administration continues [...]
A couple of weeks ago, at the dedication ceremony for his presidential library, Barack Obama made a speech in which he addressed the Founding Fathers. […] Source
Roosevelt was a native New Yorker, but he moved to the North Dakota territory in 1884 to grieve the same-day, Valentine's Day deaths of his wife and mother.
Statements misattributed to Roosevelt are so common that the website for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, keeps a list of them.
The center – encompassing a museum, an athletic center, cafe and restaurant, a branch of the Chicago Public Library and more – will officially open to the public on Friday, but will have its ceremonial opening Thursday
WASHINGTON, D.C. — It's the custom of every president to build a presidential library, but President Donald Trump has announced he is going to buck that convention.