OPINION:
With President Trump’s withdrawal of the United States from the deeply flawed Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, another significant piece of former President Obama’s legacy has been removed. This follows earlier withdrawals from the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Paris Climate Accords. Other significant moves include removal of the “individual mandate” from Obamacare, part of the tax-reform package, approval of the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, and reduction in the size of several national monuments.
With this latest action, it will be interesting to speculate on what exactly will be on display at President Obama’s Presidential Library in Chicago. Of course, we’ll be able to see all the photographs with Superbowl and World Series champions at the White House, maybe pictures of Mr. Obama speaking at the funeral service for Nelson Mandela and some State of the Union speeches. But what’s left?
I’m not certain if there has ever been an annex to a presidential library, a building to display documents reversing previous decisions, but one may be necessary in the case of Mr. Obama, so that visitors can walk away with a reflection on what he actually accomplished.
RANDALL STEPHENS
Falls Church
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