Donald Trump sets his sights on Mount Rushmore 'dream' with eerie posts shared online - AOL
By: Reanna Smith (AOL. com)
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Reanna SmithMon, July 6, 2026 at 8:27 AM UTC0Trump has ramped up hints of featuring himself on Mount Rushmore -Credit:AFP via Getty Images
Donald Trump has ramped up his suggestions that his own face should be added to Mount Rushmore.
On Sunday, the 80-year-old president took to Truth Social to share an image of him delivering a speech in front of the iconic landmark on the eve of Independence Day. Before taking to the stage on Friday night, the president also shared a video on his social media platform showing his own face etched onto the national memorial.
The AI-generated clip depicted a gold version of Mount Rushmore with Trump's face engraved on the far-right of the monument, next to Abraham Lincoln and alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.
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The video begins with the phrase "Art of the vision," spelled out in letters patterned with the American flag. "I will be the greatest president for many, many years to come," a Trump voiceover can be heard saying.
"And we're gonna have a lot of fun tonight," it adds.
Trump shared an AI video depicting a golden Mount Rushmore with his face -Credit:Truth Social
On the way to Trump's Mount Rushmore speech, the president also heavily hinted at his goal of having his own face put on the monument in the form of cookies served aboard Air Force One.
Trump's family members who'd joined him on the trip were served cookies covered in frosting that depicted his face etched into the mountainside. "Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Black Hills, South Dakota. Five Presidents," was written in frosting.
Trump gave family members cookies with his face engraved on Mount Rushmore -Credit:Truth Social
The President's new daughter-in-law, Bettina Trump, shared an image of the cookie on her Instagram stories. CNN's Betsy Klein noted that members of press on board were served a different version of the cookie.
"The cookies served to the first family and to the press aboard Air Force One today were… different," she wrote alongside two images. The one on the left, served to Trump's family, showed the cookie with his face on.
The one on the right, which reporters received, did not have any text and featured an image of Air Force One flying over Mount Rushmore, which did not include Trump's face.
The president has previously said it would be a "good idea" to add his face to Mount Rushmore. He even told former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that it was hit "dream" to be featured on the famous mountainside.
During their first meeting in the Oval Office, Noem recalled that they struck up a conversation about Mount Rushmore.
"He said, 'Kristi, come on over here. Shake my hand,'" Noem said. "I shook his hand, and I said, 'Mr. President, you should come to South Dakota sometime. We have Mount Rushmore.' And he goes, 'Do you know it's my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?' "
Noem recalled that she initially thought he was joking, but quickly realized he was serious. "I started laughing," she said. "He wasn't laughing, so he was totally serious."
There is no straightforward application form for adding another person to Mount Rushmore. For Trump's face to be carved into the rock, Congress would likely need to pass a law while the National Park Service would also be involved in the decision.
However, there is one major problem with Trump's dream, park officials and experts have said there is no suitable space left on the monument.
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He is a madman.
The most difficult thing that progressives today have to contend with is an opponent with absolutely no shame.
I thought about this recently, how really the only issue I have with rightwing conservative Christians vs the many other Christians I know and love is a lack of humility. The MAGA Christians of today see humility as weakness. I have interesting conversations with Christians that have humility and admit they might be wrong about things but want to believe in the bible and consider it the best way to live even if they can't prove their God exists. Then you have a MAGA Christian who would rather die than admit they were wrong about anything and they'll tell you just how far to the depths of hell you're going for even daring to say out loud that there might not be a God that looks exactly like the white Jesus they pray to at Church every Sunday.
Reminds me of the Gandhi quote "I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
I think an updated version would be "I like your Christ and those who act like him, turning the other cheek and being humble. I do not like your MAGA Christians. You MAGA Christians are so unlike your Christ."
Ironic, isn't it? These were the people that were into shaming people for their bad deeds. One of their favorite tactics was slut shaming. Now they don't know shame
Is there anyone here who DIDN'T see this coming?
While I believe the answer to that question is "No", the problem is that just less than half of the voters saw it coming but apparently WANTED this.
SO hard to believe. I suggest that a successful investment in the USA might be to invest in companies that produce straight jackets.
When did you figure that out?
He's like some cartoon villain come to life and the MAGA are too stupid to realize he is burning down the country.
I think they realize it; they just don't care because they've been convinced by evangelical leaders that it was all infected by 'Godless liberals and the servants of Satan!'. They're so dumb and gullible they hired an arsonist to burn it all down and have their hot dogs ready for a weenie roast all because they'd rather be lied to and stay ignorant and lazy believing in their own superiority without having to lift a finger. In their minds, simply being born a white Christian in America is enough to claim superiority over all other humans on the planet without having to achieve anything, and they're even more 'elite' if they're male. They don't even have to graduate high school to think of themselves as better than everyone else. And Donald saw them and smiled and then told them the story of the snake right to their faces.
Two of the only known truths to ever escape those blistered orange lips.
"I will be the greatest president for many, many years to come,"
If you have to tell someone this, it’s laughably false.
it'll be sad hearing about the no-bid granite sculptors getting picked off the scaffolding at 1000+ yards ... /s
It's as deluded as when he declared himself a genius.
He’s also very athletic, despite his bone spurs, and knows everything about sports, except what a red card is - but he knows it’s not fair and that he needs to stop the red card injustice.
I wonder why the press got the cookie not showing his face on Mt Rushmore?
Nice Jazz with that
It’s funny that if you ask AI to add Donald Trump to a photo of Mount Rushmore, it knows that there’s only one way Trump would opt to do it. Someone’s gotta go.
And of course it's Lincoln.
Exactly.
Lets add Trumps face - down at the bottom next to the trees. I think a 1 sq ft carving of his mug would look nice . Remind everyone where he ranks.
Now that I approve of. Only...the ass end of the horse is actually more attractive than trmp's face
You make a good point. I'm sure no one disagrees.
They could have a small gold painted plaque at the bottom under the horse's ass with Trumps face looking up and then have a restroom hikers and climbers could use at the top of the mountain that dropped all the waste out a chute under its tail. That's the closest Trumps face should ever get to Mt. Rushmore. The relief will be of his face when he was looking at the eclipse.