it's a matter of national interest that Trump never have a presidential library

[Demovictory9]

Trump wants a library. He must never have one.

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None of this, however, means that Trump could actually create a presidential center similar to the one planned for former president Barack Obama, or those dedicated to former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. As Anthony Clark, author of “The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity & Enshrine Their Legacies,” wrote recently in Politico, it is unlikely that Trump has the focus, administrative savvy and financial resources to execute a presidential center: “Presidential libraries are complicated. And if you understand how they work — and how Trump himself works — it’s nearly impossible to imagine him actually pulling it off,” Clark writes.

But that doesn’t mean that Trump won’t try and that, in trying, cause further damage to the country. That is why Congress should use this moment to reconsider the legislation that helped create and shape the presidential libraries now administered by the National Archives, not just to prevent Trump from perpetrating one last, giant grift, but to reform the system so it serves the country better. This is long overdue, and would need to be done even if Trump weren’t trying to raise $2 billion for a Trump center. But his intention to do so makes this urgent, even an issue of national security.

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Ordinarily, presidential records can’t be accessed for five, and up to 12, years after a chief executive leaves office. And before leaving office, a president has significant leverage over what the public eventually can see, which documents are delivered to the Archives, which are considered public and which are private, and to weigh in on other matters, including security and the national interest.

The case of Trump is exceptional by any standard, and he should be afforded no discretion over his records or any privilege to extend the amount of time before the public can see them. Trump’s 2017 requirement that the National Archives withhold access to his materials until 2033 should be abrogated, and Congress should begin an extraordinary effort to recover as much of his communications legacy as possible, even material that wasn’t deemed “presidential.” Trump’s presidency mixed public and private interests in a way that was unprecedented in modern American history, so his decisions on these matters can’t be trusted. He incited an insurrection, and many of the people who may have participated in that, including members of Congress, are still actively engaged in public life. The need to know who they are and what they did isn’t just a matter for the FBI, the Justice Department and prosecutors.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/trump-presidential-library/2021/01/27/4ea5e8c0-5fed-11eb-9430-e7c77b5b0297_story.html

[Wawannabe]

1. Kick for exposure! nt

[wishstar]

2. Should be some way to prevent him and family from profiteering from Pres. Library fundraising

He loves conning donors and pardoned Steve Bannon for fleecing devoted donors who thought they were helping build wall.

We can be sure he and his grifter offspring are chomping at the bit to get started on Pres. Library fundraising as a family slush fund.

[The Wizard]

3. It could serve as a magnet to attract

and identify domestic terrorists.

[Cicada]

4. Let Republicans donate two billion for it.

Better than donating to Nikki Haley for President

[bluedigger]

5. It should be on wheels, so Trump can push it from cell to cell.

[North Shore Chicago]

6. He will go down

in the anals of history.

[Binkie The Clown]

7. Unless it's along the lines of a holocaust museum to remind people of how terrible it was.

[Demovictory9]

8. I live near Nixon library..havent visited to see how it handles disgraced prez