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DeSantis Advances Miami Site for Trump Presidential Library to Final State Vote

A Cabinet decision on Sept. 30 would authorize transferring a downtown parcel, positioning Florida to host its first presidential library.

The Miami Dade College Freedom Tower in downtown Miami.
FILE - Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a meeting with Republican governors and President-elect Donald Trump, at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
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The Florida Cabinet is expected to vote next week to dedicate a parking lot near the Freedom Tower as land for Donald Trump’s presidential library. (Sun Sentinel file photo)

Overview

  • The Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund, made up of the governor, attorney general, chief financial officer and agriculture commissioner, is set to vote on the conveyance on Sept. 30.
  • The proposed 2.63-acre site sits beside Miami’s Freedom Tower and is currently an employee parking lot for Miami Dade College’s Wolfson Campus.
  • Miami Dade College’s trustees approved transferring the property to the state this week, a prerequisite for the Cabinet’s action.
  • Trump advisers say the Trumps chose the downtown location after site visits to multiple Florida options, and reporting indicates planners hope to pair the museum complex with a nearby hotel.
  • This effort follows a new state law preempting local restrictions on presidential libraries, and reporting points to donor funding supplemented by leftover campaign money and legal-settlement proceeds.