Somehow I doubt Obama was sitting there wondering what sizeable number he could drum up for a new site just to tick people off....
Anyway, governments have been over spending on stupid crap like this for eons, happens in every administration.. hell, they made a joke of $40,000 toilet seats in Independance Day.
Here in Ontario they spent over $200,000 to come up with this:
That being said, if he is or is made aware of that, he should step in to put a stop to that kind of spending on things that just should not cost that much.