Donald Trump Inquired About Adding His Face to Mount Rushmore | Consequence of Sound
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Via: jbb • 4 years ago • 171 commentsBy: consequence (Consequence of Sound)
Things just keep getting stranger and stranger in Trump Land!
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Donald Trump frequently compares himself to Abraham Lincoln. Now, according to a new report from the New York Times, he wants to be etched right alongside him on Mount Rushmore.
The Times reports that a White House official contacted South Dakota's governor last year inquiring about the process of adding additional presidents. In turn, the state's governor, Kristi Noem, recently gifted Trump with a four-foot replica of Mount Rushmore that included his likeness alongside Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt.
Ultimately, though, it is not up to Noem whether or not to add Trump to the actual Mount Rushmore. As it is a federal monument, it's managed by National Park Service. And, fortunately, their stated position is there's no room for a fifth face.
"The rock that surrounds the sculpted faces is not suitable for additional carving, said Maureen McGee-Ballinger, Mount Rushmore National Memorial Chief of Interpretation and Education, in an interview with the Argus Leader. "When Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore died in 1941, his son Lincoln Borglum closed down the project and stated that no more carvable rock existed."
Additionally, McGee-Ballinger explained, "Mount Rushmore was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum to represent the first 150 years of the history of the United States — the birth, growth and preservation of our country. He chose the four presidents to represent the principles of our present form of government not to represent the individuals themselves."
"It is one man's artistic interpretation, and a tribute to that period of our nation's history. The National Park Service takes the position that death stayed the hand of the artist and the work is complete in its present form. Thus, to maintain both the integrity of the structure and the artist's concept, there is no procedure for adding another likeness, the sculpture is complete."
Then again, when have established norms and traditions ever stopped Donald Trump from getting his way?
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I'll be damned...This is not satire! Lord Help Us All...
I vote for putting a 'Bobble Head' version of Trumps head cemented on a small platform near the Hidden Door on MT. Rushmore.
Kills two birds with one Bobble Head.....Trump gets his wish of having his head on Mt Rushmore, and no one has to see it.
Which one would you pick?
The fat guy
I picked that one too. IT looks more like Trump than the mild mannered guy in a suit, which certainly is not indicative of Trump and his temperament.
tRump said he never suggested it. BULLSHIT!
The only place Trump's face belongs on is a mug shot.
Fake news...🤣
Yeah, they have zero shame that’s for sure.
That's so lame you win the no shame game.
Cool, that means I’m spot on target.
Appreciate the feedback JBB ..... you are the best!
Is it? Looks real to me...
The source iui s the State of South Dakota!
Trump did it and you are feeling the shame...
Gov. Noem is one of the sources.
Mount Trumpmore? It's the president's 'dream,' Rep. Kristi Noem says
There's a video at the link with Noem telling the story...
I've got the crow heating up on the grill
I'll go get the plates and utensils
Eating crow would require that he step up and admit he was wrong and no matter how many times that happens, he never does.
Oh, I'm not talking about trmp...I'm referring to all the people in this seed who taunted JBB.
They're the ones that need to eat a healthy portion of crow
So am I.
Who are you speaking to. There is no name. How does that even happen here?
Don't forget the hot sauce.
It seems everyone says this is real. GOOD GRIEF...
Yep! It's real all right. Real as can be!
Orange conman POS, maybe etch his face in toilet bowls and urinals...that's where he belongs
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I read a similar article from a different source , I wonder how many people actually know there is no more suitable rock to be carved around whats already carved hense there will never be a 5th face carved there.
Oh and the article I read , is he inquired about a 5th face , and not his.
But spin meisters will spin ...
Tell Trump then. He is the one asking SD to put his mug up there next to some really great Presidents!
SD has no control over it .
Read the article. It was SD Trump inquired to!
Actually it was to the gov of sd he was talking to , and she did what she could when she had a 4 ft mock up made for his 4th of july visit with his face with the other 4 .
so yes I did read your article that was seeded , as well as the article they linked to from the times .
I can personally think of 4 more former presidents worthy of Rushmoresque treatment for different reasons even if its not on a Rushmore scale.
1. FDR
2. JFK
3. Reagan
4. Obama
condition would be it would be done only 20 years after their deaths. and a super majority of the population would have to agree.
None of them were shameless enough to ask...
You are not dealing well with this. Why is that?
Has Trump finally gone too far for or even you?
Thread cleared of slap fight. Please knock it off.
Was there ever a topic more deserving of a slap fight?
Who would he suggest...Stormy Daniels so that the other faces can get some?
I've got a place they can put his face
or...
Is that so Trump kisses ass when wiping with it?
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The ink has been proven to cause anal cancer.
I don't think so. That area is way too sensitive for his face to go near
He will do an EO mandating that all TP be 4 ply.
I'm impressed John! How did you take a picture inside Putin's bathroom?
LOL reminiscent of the Obama toilet paper and the Hillary urinal targets I have seen.
No, it is not reminiscent or comparable at all...
Trump asked SD to put him on Mt Rushmore!
SD should station the Baby Blimp near the mountain for 30 days.
And allow target practice.
I used to be on 5 dart teams and that would so throw me off of my game.
Even hardcore Trump fans must be really ashamed of this embarrassment or else they would not still be denying what is now plainly proven to be the truth...
They would probably stand in line to clean the stone....with their tongues.
I would volunteer to piss all over it daily to help give it a yellowish/orange tint.
Give me enough beer and I could hose the entire thing down.
I didn't think it possible Trump may lose the Dakotas.
"... after President Trump was sworn in, he relayed his dream of actually being carved on the mountain, according to South Dakota Rep. Kristi Noem.
Noem said the two struck up a conversation in their first meeting at the Oval Office.
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 thought he was joking.
"I started laughing," she said. "He wasn't laughing, so he was totally serious."
Gov. Noem is a Trumpist and favorite of Trump's, even riding with him on Air Force One as recently as July 6th.
You would think the Trump cultists would love the idea.
So, THIS is the crisis du jour?
lol!
No worries. Trump will stick his foot in his mouth again and say something stupid tomorrow.
No worries. I am sure the usual "I Hate Trump" crowd will be along to yak, yak, yak about it all day long.
SOSDD
It won't take him until tomorrow.
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$100 says Trump disguised his voice and called Gov. Noem himself. He has been known to do that in the past...
Even Roger Stone has blabbed about it.
America's most heinous villain, well besides maybe Benedict Arnold, was Joe McCarthy's number one henchman the dirty trickster and mob lawyer Roy Cohn. Roy Cohn had three special buttboy acolytes. They were Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Donald Trump. What does that tell everyone with a brain?
We got had! We have one chance to fix it Nov 3rd...
Dump Trump 2020!
It makes sense as he has been posing as a POTUS for 4 years.
It doesn't look like there's enough room.
Of course, Washington could be replaced by Trump.
... ... kinda what Trump'd prefer, probably...
My bet would be Jefferson the way cancel culture is going after slave owning democrats from the past .
True. But Jefferson's bust is behind Washington's. That would never do!
I'm thinking it should be made out of paper mache so it will wash away with the next rain. He'll just forget about it tomorrow anyway.
It is more than a slave owning issue in regards to Jefferson. He is responsible for the Trail Of Tears where thousands died.
Actually, that was Andrew Jackson, not Jefferson.
Your thinking Andy Jackson , another slave owning democrat
It would't cost much, just attach a huge dead looking head of dyed muskrat hair.
You would sacrifice innocent muskrats for Trump's insanity?
Went back and watched episodes of Trump's idiotic TV show. He was/iis insane!
There's lots of nutria in the Southern US....they are an invasive species so let's use those
Great mustaches, though...
Add bigger teeth and they could be the ROUS from Princess Bride
Damn .... if this is the best the left has you really are toast in November.
Well, you just know they all focus on the really, really, really important stuff!
The only really important stuff at this time is anthropogenic global warming. It's still 50 years ahead of COVD-19 as the biggest killer of mankind. Wake up folks.
True.
And the two have a snowball effect.
So we can at least agree that the hullabaloo over this is basically NOTHING!
People up in arms over bullshit as if it the most important thing!
At least we know what is really, really important to them!
Actually many are crossing the aisle to destroy trump for now and forever. I wish them luck.
The Bulwark (never-Trump Republicans) is fun reading these days.
I think that the number of rats leaving the sinking ship will be a good indicator of Trump's prospects.
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My first thought was Donald, Donald, Donald. Then I saw the report was from The New York Times and I thought Fake, Fake, Fake
And guess what?
You're wrong, wrong, wrong
I am wrong about what I was thinking? You wouldn't be a liberal that believes they know everything would you?
It's not fake news so.....
Trump could have had his picture in every POST OFFICE in America. Instead he is dismantling the Postal Service leaving our Veterans without timely mailed medications and hurting anyone who tries to save money on mail order prescriptions. He wants glory, just a blatant self serving glory hog expecting everyone not to see how harmful his policies are to Veterans and all Americans.
Can you outline for me the steps Trump has taken to dismantle the Post Office?
He appointed a crony who immediately fired two senior executives... at a time (census, election) when disorganization is really, really not what is needed.
So, no dismantling of the post office despite claims to the contrary.
Thanks!
"Congress authorized USPS to borrow $10 billion as part of a coronavirus relief package, but Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is refusing to hand over the money until it turns over much of its operations to him. (This was not remotely stipulated in the law and is probably illegal.)"
Trumps donor appointee Louis DeJoy "has limited overtime, instructed mail carriers to leave mail behind that will slow down their delivery routes, and required that they park no more than four times along their delivery routes. Trump, meanwhile, has demanded the USPS quadruple its rates on packages."
"Trump has been screeching paranoid lies about voting by mail for the last few months, falsely portraying it as some kind of Democratic conspiracy to commit voter fraud" in the middle of a pandemic.
If you refuse them congressionally approved funding, cut their overtime, cut their stops, quadruple prices and decry voting by mail during a pandemic when more people than ever want to vote by mail, what results can you really expect? So either this was a calculated attack on the postal system by those who have been trying to privatize and destroy a constitutionally mandated service to line their own pockets with profit, or it was a blind, bumbling, inept and moronic attempt to 'fix' the postal system by the most ignorant poorly appointed manager and leadership ever.
But let's not forget it was these same slimy conservative Republicans back in 2006 who put the rope around the post offices neck which led it to be in such bad shape today.
"the USPS has struggled since 2006, when (convicted pedophile and Republican House speaker Dennis Hastert's led) Congress and President Bush imposed absurd retirement benefit funding requirements in the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act. As my colleague Jeff Spross writes, this required the agency to pre-fund its retiree health benefits over the next 75 years , and immediately knocked its budget into the red. As I have argued before, fully pre-funding even normal pensions is absurd for a permanent government agency, but this is even worse — requiring the USPS to sock money away for future employees who aren't even born yet. "
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