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When President Trump slapped his name on the Kennedy Center, he was u rightfully u torn a new one.

His monster-size ego is something to behold and, yes, to be criticized
at times.

But this week, another egomaniac unveiled his own monument. LetAs call
this oThe Curious Case of the Disappearing Gripe.o

Funny, though, how the media and the commentary class thatAs so eager
to declare an existential crisis over every move Trump makes suddenly
find themselves fresh out of righteous anger.

ItAs simply true that, when former President Barack Obama enters the
fray, these same whiners hit the Off switch for the outrage and the
grievances they so eagerly and reflexively dish out for Trump.

Instead they offer tongue baths, back rubs and praise. Nonstop praise,
even as Obama introduced his bizarre monument to himself. On Thursday
morning, the Obama Presidential Center was unveiled on ChicagoAs South
Side with a group of A-list sycophants.

he $850 million oObamalisk,o as itAs been dubbed, stands in ChicagoAs
historic Jackson Park and can be best described as U-G-L-Y. ItAs an
obscene, Death Star-like eyesore in the Windy City that takes up land
that was previously set aside for regular Chicagoans.

oObama, of all people, should not be building a palace for himself, a
fortress in the middle of a public park. ItAs just contrary to what I
thought he believed in,o renowned Chicago architect Grahm Balkany, a self-described progressive liberal, told The Post last year.

The Obama Foundation, on Instagram, wasted no time in patting 44 on the
back: oWe are bringing together some of todayAs most prominent voices
and global icons for the Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening
Ceremony.o

The global icons include Bruce oNo Kingso Springsteen, Eddie Vedder,
John Legend, Common, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Hudson, Bono and The
Edge, and the Roots.

Stevie Wonder closed out the event with a rendition of oHigher Ground.o
WeAll give him a break. He canAt see just how ridiculous the building
is.

ItAs not exactly a presidential library, but a museum u and a monument
to ego.

Also unusual: No records from the Obama administration will be stored
on site in Chicago. No government archivists will be on hand from the
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to help scholars
research the Obama presidency. It is run privately by the nonprofit
Obama Foundation instead of NARA.

oIt would be good for the country, especially in these times, if a new national museumawith a nonpartisan mission to inform and educate about
the Obama era were opening this week,o Tim Naftali, former director of
the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, told CNN.

But no mainstream media folks or preachy celebrities are calling this
out. If Trump took a chunk of Central Park and built something like the Obamalisk, there would be riots.

When Trump said he was going to demolish the East Wing to create a
ballroom for future administrations to enjoy, the left mourned it like
they would a family member u even if they couldnAt locate it on a map
or by sight.

oTop Chefo judge Tom Colicchio posted a photo in memoriam on X,
writing, oMy wife and I in the East Wing. I canAt believe it is gone.o
But the photo wasnAt in the East Wing. Colicchio just happened to be
living in a perpetual state of Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Indeed, this is why our country is divided. All that selective outrage
is wearing thin.


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