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Governor Ron DeSantis and Cabinet deed land for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library

September 30, 2025
The Florida Cabinet met on September 30

Press release from the Office of Governor Ron DeSantis

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Today, Governor Ron DeSantis, along with unanimous support of the Florida Cabinet, passed an agenda item to convey a 2.63-acre parcel in Miami-Dade County adjacent to the Freedom Tower for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library.

“Having the Trump Presidential Library in Miami will be good for Florida, for the city, and for Miami Dade College,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “No state has supported the President’s agenda more than the Free State of Florida, and I was proud to spearhead the successful effort to house this historic presidential library right here in his home state.”

“It was an honor to vote in favor of making Florida the future home of President Trump’s Presidential Library,” said Attorney General James Uthmeier. “I look forward to the patriotic stories the Trump Library Foundation will showcase for generations to come in the Free State of Florida.”

“As the home state of President Trump, Florida is grateful for his immense contributions,” said Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia. “I am proud to approve the conveyance of land next to the historic Freedom Tower, a symbol of freedom for so many, for the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library. President Trump’s historic accomplishments have forever changed our country for the better, and we look forward to welcoming visitors from around the world to learn about his legacy of patriotism. This enshrines Florida as Trump Country.”

“Florida is President Trump’s home state, and there is no more fitting place for his Presidential Library,” said Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson. “I was proud to vote in support of bringing this historic tribute to Florida, where his legacy can be honored for generations.”

The agenda item was part of the September 30, 2025, meeting of the state’s Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund (Board). The Board — comprising the Governor as Chair, the Attorney General, the Chief Financial Officer, and the Commissioner of Agriculture — was established in 1855 and is responsible for the acquisition, management, protection, and disposition of state lands.

The parcel is currently utilized as an employee parking lot for Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus. With the Board’s approval today, the site will allow additional economic development opportunities across South Florida and become the first Presidential library established in the state, providing generations of Americans the ability to honor the service and legacy of America’s 45th and 47th President, Donald J. Trump.

    • No they will be displaying it in Biden’s Library if he can find a state willing to accept a Biden library after the fraud he and his cronnies committed over the last five years. Biden is still wondering if he was really a president or a political prisoner. Your TDS is out of control.

    • Will they display the Biden’s daughter’s diary about the showering together???

    • Probably not Crying bear, but this is state land they are giving away to a guy who has raked in $5 billion since becoming president – billions, not millions!

      It belongs to us and all the taxpayers in Florida, not the governor or the state GOP and is on extremely valuable land in downtown Miami right next to the historic Freedom Tower which is a museum and monument to the Cubans who fled Castro and now live here. It is appraised at $66 million but experienced real estate people in Miami say it is worth more like $330 million. This is corrupt partisan BS of a high order.

  • Proud about this?
    “The article begins with an account of Mr. Trump’s decision during a 2018 trip to France to forgo a planned visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, where American soldiers are buried. At the time, Mr. Trump and his aides said that rain had necessitated canceling the helicopter ride to the cemetery, but his absence was criticized at home and abroad.

    But according to The Atlantic, that was not true. Rather, Mr. Trump was worried that the weather would mess up his hair and did not think the trip was important. The Atlantic reported that in private conversations, Mr. Trump had said: “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers,” and called the soldiers buried there “suckers” for being killed.

    The Atlantic also reported that while standing by the grave of Robert Kelly, Mr. Kelly’s son who was killed in action in Afghanistan in 2010, Mr. Trump had asked: “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?”

    And according to The Atlantic, after receiving a briefing from Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., then the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Mr. Trump also asked aides: “That guy is smart. Why did he join the military?”

    Lastly, The Atlantic reported that when Senator John McCain, one of Mr. Trump’s few Republican critics, died in 2018, Mr. Trump said, “We’re not going to support that loser’s funeral.”

    The Washington Post and Jennifer Griffin, the chief national security reporter for Fox News, confirmed that Mr. Trump had privately disparaged veterans and soldiers. The Post reported that Mr. Trump had called people who served in the Vietnam War “losers,” while Ms. Griffin reported that Mr. Trump used the term “sucker” and asked, “What’s in it for them?”

  • These people – DeSantis and Trump – are dirty con men hiding their dipping into public troughs and private dealings made possible only by their public positions.

    As if Trump needs the favor, having made at least $2.5 billion since being president so far this time. This land belongs to the state of Florida, not the GOP, DeSantis, or Trump yet.

    “Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet are voting Tuesday on a plan to hand over downtown Miami land worth at least $67 million to Donald Trump’s nonprofit foundation to build a presidential library — and potentially a hotel — without prior public negotiations. The vote comes after the Miami Dade College Board of Trustees agreed to transfer the land to the state in a special board meeting last week with no debate, no public comment or discussion of the fact the land was intended for a presidential library. After the vote, the college’s president and vice chairman told the Miami Herald that even they weren’t entirely sure what the state wanted to do with the property, located immediately south of the Freedom Tower…

    …The result: a vote shrouded in mystery, with little apparent future opportunity for public input once the land is handed over to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation.

    ….Miami-Dade’s property appraiser has valued the plot at $67 million. But developer Gregg Covin said its commercial value is significantly higher. “I think that site is probably worth between $200 and $300 million in cash, at least.”

    Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article312300881.html#storylink=cpy

    • Get back on your TDS meds. Maybe with all your building experience you can find a lot for the single story Biden Library

    • With actual kindness, not venom or any attempt at partisanship, please be more careful. That comment and others I’ve seen posted in the AC comments (from various others) risk legal liability:

      Defamation risk (from those mentioned in the post – not me, I don’t care) :

      “Hiding their dipping into public troughs and private dealings made possible only by their public positions” could be interpreted as a factual claim of corruption or misuse of office. If that’s false and presented as fact, it raises high defamation risk.

      Dollar Figures & Corruption Implication:
      Claiming Trump “made at least $2.5 billion since being president” implies specific financial gain due to his office. If you can’t back that with credible sources, it could be treated as a “false factual claim,” not opinion.

      Bottom line:

      The insulting language (“dirty con men”) is likely protected opinion.

      The accusations of corruption/self-dealing (“hiding their dipping,” “dipping into public troughs”) could be considered factual enough that, if untrue or unsupported, carries defamation risk.

      Is it worth that risk (again, from someone named in a public posting, not me, I don’t care one way or another) to rail against the other side in a public comment?

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