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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsYou have got to be kidding me right??? tRump on Mt Rushmore??? April Fool's right???
Secured by ropes, a team of intrepid sculptors chisel away at a very famous quiff as the shock first addition to Mount Rushmore in 85 years is revealed by the Daily Mail.
The world-renowned memorial to the US's most revered presidents, in South Dakota, is having a controversial fifth face added in the form of one Donald J Trump.
The 45th and 47th US president is joining legendary predecessors George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Washington and Jefferson were founding fathers, Lincoln won the Civil War and Roosevelt the Nobel Peace Prize.
To be diplomatic, it is possible that Mr Trump's biggest achievements may still lay ahead.
Rolf Paoli, who led the Trump 4 Rushmore campaign, said: 'Yes, Jefferson and Roosevelt were great men, but could they have hosted The Apprentice? I don't think so.'
Mr Trump, 79, is said to have ordered the works on the first day of his second term last year.
The original 60ft profiles cost $1million (£750,000) between 1927 and 1941, with experts saying that in today's money, Mr Trump's elaborate hairdo alone will set taxpayers back $50million (£38million).
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Kid Berwyn
(24,399 posts)Trump making little rocks out of big rocks for the rest of his natural days.
Irish_Dem
(81,277 posts)Celerity
(54,411 posts)Look at the author for starters:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15696415/amp/Taking-shape-new-face-Mount-Rushmore.html
Taking shape: The new face of Mount Rushmore
By OLAF PRIOL
00:45 01 Apr 2026, updated 08:36 01 Apr 2026
mahatmakanejeeves
(69,858 posts)NEOH
(319 posts)This a$$wipe gets exponentially crazier every day. Come on 25th!!!
Ocelot II
(130,538 posts)and the remaining rock is so unstable that any attempt at adding one would fail. The Daily Mail is a British tabloid equivalent to our National Enquirer that should not be considered a reliable news source in any universe.
MustLoveBeagles
(16,411 posts)I'd rather see Kennedy or Obama than dump's ugly mug.
GoCubsGo
(34,915 posts)Personally, I think they should just humor the demented bastard, and carve his face into an empty spot. Only, make it life-size, so it can barely be seen, and easily removed after he's gone, with no trace of it ever existing.
MustLoveBeagles
(16,411 posts)Wounded Bear
(64,328 posts)Bettie
(19,704 posts)and the caption on the AI picture on the X post was:
Secured by ropes, a team of intrepid sculptors chisel away at a very famous quiff as the shock first addition to Mount Rushmore in 85 years is revealed by the Daily Mail.
a kennedy
(35,995 posts)Bettie
(19,704 posts)was "DON'T believe anything on the internet today! It's April 1st".
That man knows me and that I often am not really paying attention to what day of the week it is, much less the date!
a kennedy
(35,995 posts)Thanks.
MustLoveBeagles
(16,411 posts)I was fooled, but I think there really has been talk of doing this.
Initech
(108,783 posts)Fuck Trump and his goons!