Overview

• Miami Dade College’s trustees voted to transfer a 2.63-acre employee parking lot next to the Freedom Tower, a landmark for Cuban exiles, to facilitate the library site.
• Gov. Ron DeSantis will present the land conveyance to the state Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund on Sept. 30, a key step that, if approved, advances what would be Florida’s first presidential library.
• Attorney General James Uthmeier publicly endorsed the plan and said he will vote yes, signaling Cabinet support and casting the project as a venue to highlight Trump’s record.
• The push follows SB 118, passed earlier this year to preempt local restrictions on presidential libraries and vest regulatory authority with the state.
• The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Foundation is registered in Florida with Eric Trump, Michael Boulos and James Kiley as initial trustees, and it reports at least $53 million in committed donations from settlement proceeds.