Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library

This piece was published in The Satirist on October 5, 2019

Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library 

By Martin H. Levinson

(The year is 2021, or if the Democrats go down to defeat in the 2020 presidential election, 2025.)

Welcome to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library located in the lobby of Trump Tower Moscow right next to Comrade Mitch McConnell’s Vodka Bar. To make your visit more pleasant and productive, the following is a brief description of some of the rooms and attractions inside the building, as well as information on how to obtain a substantial discount on Mar-a-Lago membership.

The Pantheon of Outstanding Political Appointees: This room contains portraits of Michael Flynn, Scott Pruitt, Tom Price, Jeff Sessions, Anthony Scaramucci, Ryan Zinke, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer and other notable Trump Administration officials who were either indicted or forced to leave their jobs. Next to their visages are short accounts of the questionable behavior they engaged in while working for the government as well as ballots where you can rate each individual on a head explosion scale that goes from unbelievably great to amazingly, astoundingly, mind-bogglingly great. Photos may not be taken in this room but after viewing the portraits you may take antidepressant medication if you have it with you.

The Hall of Tweets: This area contains prominent tweets issued by DJT, many of them when he was in the Oval or on an oval. Such tweets include Trump telling Kim Jong-un that his nuclear button is bigger than Kim’s, Trump’s tweet commenting on the 2018 Congressional midterm elections, which resulted in a 40 seat pickup for the democrats, that reads, “Received so many Congratulations from so many on our Big Victory last night,” and the famous “covfefe” tweet that baffled the entire internet and pretty much every human being on the planet.

The Deal Killing Room: This part of the library contains descriptions of deals the president killed (e.g., the Iran deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the Paris Climate Change Accord) or modified (e.g., renaming NAFTA as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement) to tarnish President Obama’s legacy. The room specially features a video collage showing the president’s Herculean efforts over many months imploring Congress to kill the Affordable Care Act and the refusal of the Supreme Court to be an accessory to that murder.

The Walls-R-Us Annex: You will need a passport or a valid American visa to enter this wing, which contains photographs of walls from all over the world whose purpose is or was to keep others out. These photos include shots of the Great Wall of China, Hadrian’s Wall, the Berlin Wall, the Wall on the West Bank in Israel, and the op-ed page of the Wall Street Journal. Pink Floyd’s 1979 iconic song The Wall, which has a line in it that says, “We don’t need no education,” provides background music for this exhibit, which Mexico was asked to pay for. They declined that request but happily the president’s base crowdsourced the expense.

            The Trump Tower Escalator: Take a ride on this replica of the Trump Tower escalator, which brings to mind the conveyance that Donald Trump descended on in 2016 before walking on to a podium and announcing his presidential candidacy. On the way down you will see footage from the Access Hollywood tape where DJT talks about grabbing women by the pussy, campaign rallies with crowds yelling “Lock Her Up,” and shocked and frightened expressions from Hillary Clinton supporters and the majority of the American public as well as people in Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South America, North America, the Arctic, and the Antarctic who watched in horror and utter amazement as the presidential election results rolled in on the night of November 8. 2016.

The Putin Portico: This ruby-red entryway features fifty Fabergè eggs detailed with enameled portraits of Donald Trump’s family and an eight thousand square-foot mural showing Russian hackers at work on their computers. The portico, designed by Robert Mueller, had no collusion in its construction and Attorney General William Barr has also claimed there was no obstruction. Restrooms are located immediately to the right of the portico, next to the statues of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and some very fine white nationalists who demonstrated in Charlottesville in 2017.

The Mar-a-Lago Special Membership Deal Arcade and Gift Shop: Donald Trump used Mar-a-Lago as the “Southern White House” and now that he’s left office he has arranged for visitors to the Trump Presidential Library to receive a substantial discount on membership there. Today, and today only, if you present your admission ticket to any of the very handsome men or truly gorgeous women sitting at the mahogany-finished pine desks that line this faux gold-leafed arcade you will receive a quarter-percent discount off the ten million dollar annual Mar-a-Lago membership fee and a chance to play golf with former president Trump if you enter your name in a special drawing that is held each week on Fox & Friends (Russian edition). Please note, if you are chosen to play golf with Mr. Trump, he keeps score and guests buy lunch.

If you’re not in the market for a Mar-a-Lago membership you may want to spend your extra rubles at the gift shop on a facsimile of the personal, gold-plated toilet Donald Trump uses when he spends time in his condominium on the 819^th floor of this building. The gift shop also sells Ivanka Trump’s specially formulated beluga caviar skin cream (a distinct beauty product that can be applied to the skin or eaten), Republican Senator nesting dolls (each one smaller than the other), and Momma Putin’s frieze-dried borscht. As you exit the gift shop, don’t forget to give the Monument to the Unknown Pussy a rub for good luck.