'Palpatine-era Imperial shuttle': Mock-alanche in progress over Obama's new presidential library

Greg P. | 1:24 PM on January 10, 2018

This is a joke, right? https://t.co/qvHktIfSA9

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) January 10, 2018

Nope, not a joke…

Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the Barack Obama presidential library … for real … this is what a model of the facility looks like:

What the Barack Obama presidential library tower will look like in Chicago -> https://t.co/ZlKI4Qn4PR pic.twitter.com/HxRidbme9l

— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) January 10, 2018

That’s really, really bad. But maybe fitting?

It does have the appropriate tomb-like design for the death of all #Obama's legacy "accomplishments" https://t.co/Vlmkl3nVOh

— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) January 10, 2018

I'm glad Obama's library is an architectural monstrosity. Fitting.

— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) January 10, 2018

It’s supposed to be 4 hands coming together, but we don’t see it:

"Its design was inspired by a photo of four hands coming together." Where? Bakwas. Architect ullu bana raha hai. https://t.co/hpbd0NBqkG

— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) January 10, 2018

Anyway, as you’d expect, people have some strong opinions of the structure and here are some of the funniest ones we’ve seen.

Let the mock-alanche begin…

I can see Captain Kirk dressed as an Indian knocking on it. https://t.co/lhz7p2aqN1

— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) January 10, 2018

Obama clearly saw the new Blade Runner movie, and thought, 'Man, now that is what I want my library to look like!"

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) January 10, 2018