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BumRushDaShow

(173,225 posts) Thu Jun 18, 2026, 07:30 AM 10 hrs ago

Biden, Bush, Clinton slated to attend Obama presidential center opening

Source: The Hill

06/17/26 7:59 PM ET

Former Presidents Biden, Clinton and Bush are set to attend the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, according to a new report.

The Chicago Sun-Times reported Wednesday that the three presidents intend to be at a ceremony to commemorate the center’s opening, a source familiar with the event told the outlet. Former first ladies Laura Bush, Hillary Clinton and Jill Biden will also be in attendance, per the Sun-Times.

The Obama Presidential Center is set to open Thursday, with its grand opening ceremony featuring a lineup of award-winning performers. Valerie Jarett, the Obama Foundation’s chief executive, said that the event “will be unlike any other — filled with music, performances, and hope.”

“The Grand Opening Ceremony will reflect a spirit of inspiration and joy, with a big boost from the performers who are sharing their talent with us. We hope to inspire people everywhere to believe in their power to bring change home.”

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/5929470-biden-clinton-bush-obama-center/

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Biden, Bush, Clinton slated to attend Obama presidential center opening (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago OP

President George W. Bush gets along with President Clinton and............. Lovie777 10 hrs ago #1

Guess who's not invited. Ray Bruns 10 hrs ago #2

and why would he be? We have someone who constantly disparages President Obama, and lostincalifornia 9 hrs ago #4

Exactly, and for those who haven't heard... CBHagman 2 hrs ago #18

He's going to be pissed that Obama gets much better entertainers..... Bayard 6 hrs ago #14

Obama is too classy to not invite the sitting president LearnedHand 4 hrs ago #16

What? No wrestling match? NNadir 10 hrs ago #3

I was going to ask the same thing! PatSeg 8 hrs ago #5

I've been worried Trump would try some nefarious distraction to seize attention Grim Chieftain 8 hrs ago #6

I love your optimism. It would be a perfect "stroke" of genius. NNadir 8 hrs ago #7

Prepare for the DEI rant for tomorrow's Juneteenth federal holiday! BumRushDaShow 8 hrs ago #8

Here's a link to a photo gallery of the center TexLaProgressive 8 hrs ago #9

I'm glad DJT is not going MIButterfly 8 hrs ago #10

Trump declared perswine non grata. nt Xipe Totec 7 hrs ago #11

Obama center opening maliaSmith 7 hrs ago #12

It sounds like an inspirational and high end event Buddyzbuddy 6 hrs ago #13

'Like a Klingon prison', writes the Guardian TomWilm 4 hrs ago #15

Reagan will not be attending. twodogsbarking 3 hrs ago #17

Lovie777

(24,290 posts)

1. President George W. Bush gets along with President Clinton and.............

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 07:42 AM

10 hrs ago

First Lady Michele Obama.

And all 3 Presidents at least show that they respect and love the US.

Ray Bruns

(6,921 posts)

2. Guess who's not invited.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:06 AM

10 hrs ago

lostincalifornia

(5,646 posts)

4. and why would he be? We have someone who constantly disparages President Obama, and

Reply to Ray Bruns (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:41 AM

9 hrs ago

for that matter President Biden at every opportunity.

CBHagman

(17,565 posts)

18. Exactly, and for those who haven't heard...

Reply to lostincalifornia (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 04:09 PM

2 hrs ago

...the current White House website disparages Presidents Biden, Obama, and Clinton.

I hate to include the link, but you'd have to scroll through the list of presidents here to see what I mean. Yes, it's vile.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/walk-of-fame/

Bayard

(30,597 posts)

14. He's going to be pissed that Obama gets much better entertainers.....

Reply to Ray Bruns (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 11:57 AM

6 hrs ago

LearnedHand

(5,669 posts)

16. Obama is too classy to not invite the sitting president

Reply to Ray Bruns (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 02:05 PM

4 hrs ago

Way more likely shithead didn’t even respond to the invite.

NNadir

(38,804 posts)

3. What? No wrestling match?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 08:10 AM

10 hrs ago

PatSeg

(53,904 posts)

5. I was going to ask the same thing!

Reply to NNadir (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:48 AM

8 hrs ago

No violent blood sport?

Grim Chieftain

(2,267 posts)

6. I've been worried Trump would try some nefarious distraction to seize attention

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:57 AM

8 hrs ago

You know he's got to be going nuts knowing that Obama is going to have the spotlight.

Maybe the stress will make him stroke out.

NNadir

(38,804 posts)

7. I love your optimism. It would be a perfect "stroke" of genius.

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 09:59 AM

8 hrs ago

BumRushDaShow

(173,225 posts)

8. Prepare for the DEI rant for tomorrow's Juneteenth federal holiday!

Reply to Grim Chieftain (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 10:03 AM

8 hrs ago

TexLaProgressive

(12,818 posts)

9. Here's a link to a photo gallery of the center

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 10:10 AM

8 hrs ago

https://www.obama.org/visit/campus/
The pictures are amazing - this one seems to sum them up.With Obama it was always about us, all of us.

Wrapped around the main building is this Obama quote.

You are America. Unconstrained by habit and convention. Unencumbered by what is, ready to seize what ought to be. For everywhere in this country, there are first steps to be taken, there is new ground to cover, there are more bridges to be crossed. America is not the project of any one person. The single most powerful word in our democracy is the word ‘We.’ ‘We The People.’ ‘We Shall Overcome.’ ‘Yes We Can.’ That word is owned by no one. It belongs to everyone. Oh, what a glorious task we are given to continually try to improve this great nation of ours.

What a difference from all about us to the current all about Trumpstein

MIButterfly

(3,405 posts)

10. I'm glad DJT is not going

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 10:15 AM

8 hrs ago

He would make it all about himself and haven't we all had enough of that? I know I have. And I wouldn't want that beautiful place bespoiled by his noxious presence.

Xipe Totec

(44,596 posts)

11. Trump declared perswine non grata. nt

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 10:20 AM

7 hrs ago

maliaSmith

(218 posts)

12. Obama center opening

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 11:02 AM

7 hrs ago

Glad to see the former presidents and their wives are attending. The Obama Center looks amazing and will help Chicago bring in visitors. Also glad Trump isn't attending.

Buddyzbuddy

(3,015 posts)

13. It sounds like an inspirational and high end event

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 11:32 AM

6 hrs ago

just like the UFC fight on the Whitehouse lawn.

TomWilm

(1,972 posts)

15. 'Like a Klingon prison', writes the Guardian

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 01:59 PM

4 hrs ago

"... Above us, sheer walls of granite erupt from the ground at a steep angle, before tapering to form a chiselled 70-metre-high monolith. It looks hewn and cleft, towering over the 19-acre campus like a stocky, truncated obelisk. Rising above the low-rise, low-income neighbourhood, the building has an ominous presence, its mostly windowless heft recalling a menacing sci-fi headquarters, with small chamfered openings suggesting portals from where drones might be launched, or lasers fired. Some have compared it to a flak tower, others to a “Klingon prison”. If it is a beacon of hope, it seems to be one that has been fortified at all costs against the present regime, a defensive bunker to protect its fragile values from siege. ..."

The Guardian

twodogsbarking

(19,721 posts)

17. Reagan will not be attending.

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Jun 18, 2026, 02:42 PM

3 hrs ago

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