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orangecrush

(32,120 posts) Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:40 AM Jul 3

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

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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 Jul 3 OP

The instablility of the mountain makes it johnnyfins Jul 3 #1

He'd prefer a pile of rocks EYESORE 9001 Jul 3 #3

He is more unstable than Mt Rushmore orangecrush Jul 3 #4

I read somewhere that the only space available on the face side of Mount Rushmore generalbetrayus Jul 3 #2

Hasn't it already? BattleRow Jul 3 #20

The Lakota never ceded that land & have refused payment for it dflprincess Jul 3 #5

They should have plenty to say... GiqueCee Jul 3 #6

Use the photo of him asleep with his mouth drooping on one side louis-t Jul 3 #7

I would like to add one more SCantiGOP Jul 3 #8

Another dogging scheme. The Grand Illuminist Jul 3 #9

The only way Chump could ever belong on Mount Rushmore... FakeNoose Jul 3 #10

OMG!!! What is wrong with this sick fuck? Does he have to destroy EVERYTHING!!?!??! Multichromatic Jul 3 #11

Contrary opinion - Mount Rushmore is a garbage pile built by a conman: Trump would fit right in Prairie Gates Jul 3 #12

They should carve is butt Farmer-Rick Jul 3 #18

+1. A well-known racist who attended Klan rallies and served on Klan committees dalton99a Jul 3 #19

Trump's likeness at Mount Rushmore Wonder Why Jul 3 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Grim Chieftain Jul 3 #17

Let's be clear angrychair Jul 3 #14

If you're a believer, PRAY for STRONG STORMS on that crowd only. If you're not a believer, just bluestarone Jul 3 #15

It never stops! young_at_heart Jul 3 #16

AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Jul 3 #21

johnnyfins

(4,233 posts)

1. The instablility of the mountain makes it

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:44 AM

Jul 3

Impossible to add heads. This IS an illness.

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EYESORE 9001

(30,058 posts)

3. He'd prefer a pile of rocks

Reply to johnnyfins (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:48 AM

Jul 3

over being unable to chisel his grim visage into the mountain.

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orangecrush

(32,120 posts)

4. He is more unstable than Mt Rushmore

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:51 AM

Jul 3

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generalbetrayus

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2. I read somewhere that the only space available on the face side of Mount Rushmore

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:46 AM

Jul 3

is fractured, crumbling rock. Maybe it would be fun to watch his face fall apart before our eyes.

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BattleRow

(2,817 posts)

20. Hasn't it already?

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:40 PM

Jul 3

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dflprincess

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5. The Lakota never ceded that land & have refused payment for it

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 10:54 AM

Jul 3

They might have something to say about adding Trump to Mt Rushmore.

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GiqueCee

(5,284 posts)

6. They should have plenty to say...

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:06 AM

Jul 3

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... 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.

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louis-t

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7. Use the photo of him asleep with his mouth drooping on one side

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:11 AM

Jul 3

as a model. Maybe add a booger coming out of his nose.

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SCantiGOP

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8. I would like to add one more

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:22 AM

Jul 3

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.

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The Grand Illuminist

(2,144 posts)

9. Another dogging scheme.

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 11:37 AM

Jul 3

That's all it is.

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FakeNoose

(43,449 posts)

10. The only way Chump could ever belong on Mount Rushmore...

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:05 PM

Jul 3

... 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?

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Multichromatic

(252 posts)

11. OMG!!! What is wrong with this sick fuck? Does he have to destroy EVERYTHING!!?!??!

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:08 PM

Jul 3

I hope Trump has a great day give a speech on the 4th of July. Perhaps he can William Henry Harrison himself.

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Prairie Gates

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12. Contrary opinion - Mount Rushmore is a garbage pile built by a conman: Trump would fit right in

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:11 PM

Jul 3

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

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Farmer-Rick

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18. They should carve is butt

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #12)

Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:38 PM

Jul 3

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

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dalton99a

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19. +1. A well-known racist who attended Klan rallies and served on Klan committees

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:40 PM

Jul 3

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

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Wonder Why

(7,588 posts)

13. Trump's likeness at Mount Rushmore

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 12:16 PM

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angrychair

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14. Let's be clear

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:09 PM

Jul 3

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.

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bluestarone

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15. If you're a believer, PRAY for STRONG STORMS on that crowd only. If you're not a believer, just

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:21 PM

Jul 3

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

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young_at_heart

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16. It never stops!

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:31 PM

Jul 3

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

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Omaha Steve

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21. AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING

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Fri Jul 3, 2026, 01:52 PM

Jul 3

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