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orangecrush

(32,054 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:40 AM Friday

Trump heads to Mount Rushmore, where efforts to impose his likeness have stalled

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Omaha Steve (a host of the Latest Breaking News forum).

Source: CNN

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He's brought it up jokingly at campaign rallies, posted hints on social media and called it a "good idea." He even raised the possibility with South Dakota's governor during his first term, saying to then-Gov. Kristi Noem during an Oval Office meeting: "Do you know it's my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?"

"I started laughing," Noem recalled in a 2018 interview with the Argus Leader. "He wasn't laughing, so he was totally serious. ... I said, 'Come pick out a mountain.'"


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Nevertheless, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, who oversees the National Park Service, said during an interview that there is "certainly" room for Trump's face. And Trump ally Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican, has introduced legislation that would arrange the carving, which she said would "reflect his towering legacy."

The bill is currently stalled, and her office did not respond to CNN's request for comment on whether Friday's trip will prompt a renewed push for passage. The legislation has little to no chance at clearing the Senate, where it would need Democratic votes.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/03/politics/trump-speech-mount-rushmore



This is mental illness.

God help us.
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Trump heads to Mount Rushmore, where efforts to impose his likeness have stalled (Original Post) orangecrush Friday OP
The instablility of the mountain makes it johnnyfins Friday #1
He'd prefer a pile of rocks EYESORE 9001 Friday #3
He is more unstable than Mt Rushmore orangecrush Friday #4
I read somewhere that the only space available on the face side of Mount Rushmore generalbetrayus Friday #2
Hasn't it already? BattleRow Friday #20
The Lakota never ceded that land & have refused payment for it dflprincess Friday #5
They should have plenty to say... GiqueCee Friday #6
Use the photo of him asleep with his mouth drooping on one side louis-t Friday #7
I would like to add one more SCantiGOP Friday #8
Another dogging scheme. The Grand Illuminist Friday #9
The only way Chump could ever belong on Mount Rushmore... FakeNoose Friday #10
OMG!!! What is wrong with this sick fuck? Does he have to destroy EVERYTHING!!?!??! Multichromatic Friday #11
Contrary opinion - Mount Rushmore is a garbage pile built by a conman: Trump would fit right in Prairie Gates Friday #12
They should carve is butt Farmer-Rick Friday #18
+1. A well-known racist who attended Klan rallies and served on Klan committees dalton99a Friday #19
Trump's likeness at Mount Rushmore Wonder Why Friday #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Grim Chieftain Friday #17
Let's be clear angrychair Friday #14
If you're a believer, PRAY for STRONG STORMS on that crowd only. If you're not a believer, just bluestarone Friday #15
It never stops! young_at_heart Friday #16
AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Friday #21

johnnyfins

(4,195 posts)
1. The instablility of the mountain makes it
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:44 AM
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Impossible to add heads. This IS an illness.

EYESORE 9001

(30,045 posts)
3. He'd prefer a pile of rocks
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:48 AM
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over being unable to chisel his grim visage into the mountain.

orangecrush

(32,054 posts)
4. He is more unstable than Mt Rushmore
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:51 AM
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generalbetrayus

(2,099 posts)
2. I read somewhere that the only space available on the face side of Mount Rushmore
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:46 AM
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is fractured, crumbling rock. Maybe it would be fun to watch his face fall apart before our eyes.

BattleRow

(2,771 posts)
20. Hasn't it already?
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:40 PM
Friday

dflprincess

(29,481 posts)
5. The Lakota never ceded that land & have refused payment for it
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:54 AM
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They might have something to say about adding Trump to Mt Rushmore.

GiqueCee

(5,229 posts)
6. They should have plenty to say...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:06 AM
Friday

Last edited Fri Jul 3, 2026, 02:01 PM - Edit history (2)

... but ain't nobody in the Trump regime gonna listen to 'em.
Capitol Hill, like Mar-a-Lago, is infested with cockroaches like that Texas rep, Troy Nehls, who recently said, in response to a question regarding his position on affordability, "Donald Trump is the best president in my lifetime!"
WHOOPS! There goes the last vestige of his self-respect.

louis-t

(24,707 posts)
7. Use the photo of him asleep with his mouth drooping on one side
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:11 AM
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as a model. Maybe add a booger coming out of his nose.

SCantiGOP

(14,794 posts)
8. I would like to add one more
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:22 AM
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I realize the problem with the geology on the site, but if we could add a fifth honoree it should obviously be the man who defeated both the Great Depression and the European and Asian fascist empires, Franklin Roosevelt.

The Grand Illuminist

(2,131 posts)
9. Another dogging scheme.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:37 AM
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That's all it is.

FakeNoose

(43,323 posts)
10. The only way Chump could ever belong on Mount Rushmore...
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:05 PM
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... is if the plan were to show a Best-To-Worst scenario.

Then, yeah - he's the worst we will ever or could ever have.

But why would he want that, and why would WE want that?

Multichromatic

(251 posts)
11. OMG!!! What is wrong with this sick fuck? Does he have to destroy EVERYTHING!!?!??!
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:08 PM
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I hope Trump has a great day give a speech on the 4th of July. Perhaps he can William Henry Harrison himself.

Prairie Gates

(8,765 posts)
12. Contrary opinion - Mount Rushmore is a garbage pile built by a conman: Trump would fit right in
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:11 PM
Friday

If carving his stupid-ass face into the granite hill causes the whole thing to collapse, so much the better.

Farmer-Rick

(12,887 posts)
18. They should carve is butt
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:38 PM
Friday

On the crumbling mountain. Him shitting on America is more appropriate.

dalton99a

(96,537 posts)
19. +1. A well-known racist who attended Klan rallies and served on Klan committees
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:40 PM
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While it has been claimed that Borglum was a member of the Ku Klux Klan,[7] an article in the Smithsonian Magazine denies that there is proof that he officially joined the KKK.[25] That said, he became "deeply involved in Klan politics", attending Klan rallies and serving on Klan committees.[23]: 186  In 1925, having only completed the head of Robert E. Lee, Borglum was dismissed from the Stone Mountain project, with some holding that it came about due to infighting within the KKK, with Borglum involved in the strife.[26] Later, he stated "I am not a member of the Kloncilium, nor a knight of the KKK", but Howard Shaff and Audrey Karl Shaff claim that "that was for public consumption".[27] The museum at Mount Rushmore displays a letter to Borglum from D. C. Stephenson, the infamous Klan Grand Dragon who later was convicted of the rape and murder of Madge Oberholtzer. The 8 ft × 10 ft (2.4 m × 3.0 m) portrait contains the inscription "To my good friend Gutzon Borglum, with the greatest respect." Correspondence from Borglum to Stephenson during the 1920s detailed a deep racist conviction in Nordic moral superiority and strict immigration policies.[28]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutzon_Borglum

Wonder Why

(7,544 posts)
13. Trump's likeness at Mount Rushmore
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:16 PM
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Response to Wonder Why (Reply #13)

angrychair

(12,629 posts)
14. Let's be clear
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:09 PM
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Mt Rushmore is an abomination and straight up theft of native land.
I hope they try and literally bring the whole thing down...which given this idiot's track record of projects, seems more likely than not.
Then they can just leave the Lokota people to their historical burial grounds.

bluestarone

(22,638 posts)
15. If you're a believer, PRAY for STRONG STORMS on that crowd only. If you're not a believer, just
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:21 PM
Friday

at the time of his LYING ASS story telling, just every body think hard about STRONG STORMS. May the power of THOUGHT will succeed!

young_at_heart

(4,092 posts)
16. It never stops!
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:31 PM
Friday

Every day is "Crazy Day"! Even when he had Covid, he dominated the news with his craziness.

Omaha Steve

(110,897 posts)
21. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:52 PM
Friday

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