{"slug": "trump-shares-strong-hints-he-s-about-to-add-his-face-to-mount-rushmore-as-white", "title": "Trump shares strong hints he's about to add HIS face to Mount Rushmore as White House sends message supporting his inclusion on iconic monument", "summary": "President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting his face added to Mount Rushmore, and the White House issued a statement supporting his inclusion on the iconic monument. The Trump administration also distributed cookies on Air Force One showing Trump's face etched alongside the four presidents, fueling speculation about his addition to the memorial.", "body_md": "# Trump shares strong hints he's about to add HIS face to Mount Rushmore as White House sends message supporting his inclusion on iconic monument\n\n**See more Daily Mail on Google -**[save us as a Preferred Source](https://google.com/preferences/source?q=dailymail.com)\n\n[Donald Trump](/news/donald_trump/index.html) has long boasted that his record is deserving enough to be added to Mount Rushmore, but the President seems more convinced now than ever as he drops hints about his inclusion on the historic monument.\n\nThe President spoke at the [South Dakota](/news/south-dakota/index.html) memorial on Friday night to kick off the long-anticipated and highly publicized [America 250](/news/america-250/index.html) celebrations.\n\nBefore taking the podium, Trump shared an AI-generated video depicting a gold-plated engraving of Mount Rushmore with his face [added to the far right of the monument, alongside](/news/article-8610013/White-House-reached-South-Dakota-governor-adding-Trump-Mount-Rushmore.html) Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.\n\n'I will be the greatest president for many, many years to come. And we're gonna have a lot of fun tonight,' Trump said in a voiceover as the camera panned the gold engraving.\n\nThe Trump administration also heavily hinted at Trump's addition to the monument, handing out cookies on Air Force One showing his face etched in the mountain alongside Lincoln.\n\n'Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Black Hills, South Dakota. Five Presidents,' was engraved in frosting.\n\nThe President's new daughter-in-law, Bettina Trump, shared an image of the cookie on her Instagram stories.\n\nBetsy Klein, CNN's White House correspondent, also posted the cookies on X, writing, 'The cookies served to the first family and to the press aboard Air Force One today were… different.'\n\nTrump shared an AI-generated video depicting a gold-plated engraving of Mount Rushmore with his face added to the far right of the monument\n\nThe Trump administration handed out cookies on Air Force One showing Trump's etched in the mountain alongside Lincoln.\n\nAlthough the Trump administration has not announced any official plans, the White House seemed open to the idea, writing in a statement to the media, 'There would be no better addition to the iconic Mount Rushmore than the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump.'\n\nTrump has put out feelers about [adding his face to the memorial](/news/article-5887955/Donald-Trump-Jr-superimposes-fathers-head-Mount-Rushmore.html), dating back to 2018, when then-representative Kristi Noem said the President had declared it was his 'dream' to be added to Mount Rushmore.\n\nWhen asked in 2019 by [The Hill ](https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/450223-trump-if-i-say-i-should-be-on-mt-rushmore-i-will-end-up-with/)if he wanted to be added, he coyly replied, 'If I answer that question, \"Yes,\" I will end up with such bad publicity.'\n\nA year later, after a report circulated by [The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/08/us/politics/kristi-noem-pence-trump.html) that Trump was campaigning to have his likeness added, he wrote on X that he 'never suggested' adding his face.\n\n'Although, based on all of the many things accomplished during the first 3 1/2 years, perhaps more than any other Presidency, sounds like a good idea to me!' he added.\n\nTrump echoed a similar sentiment in 2017 at a campaign rally, telling the crowd, 'If I did it joking, totally joking, having fun, the fake news media will say, \"He believes he should be on Mount Rushmore.\" So I won’t say it, okay? I won’t say it.'\n\nThe decision would align with Trump's goal of making his mark on historic buildings and monuments across the nation.\n\nHe has embarked on a mission to 'beautify' the nation's capital, approving a massive restoration project at the Lincoln Memorial and erecting a golden ballroom in the White House.\n\n'There would be no better addition to the iconic Mount Rushmore than the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump,' said a White House statement\n\nThe President also added his name to the John F Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts and announced renovations to the historic building.\n\nDuring his speech on Friday in front of Mount Rushmore, Trump said of the monument, 'Their faces are engraved on these bluffs, not only because of what they did, but to remind us forever who we are.'\n\n'These heroes exemplify what is timeless, enduring, eternal about the American character — and in the end it has always been that character, our distinct and unique identity.'", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shares-strong-hints-he-s-about-to-add-his-face-to-mount-rushmore-as-white", "canonical_source": "https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15952727/donald-trump-mount-rushmore-white-house.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490", "published_at": "2026-07-04 13:36:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-04 13:53:35.445404+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "ai-ethics"], "entities": ["Donald Trump", "Mount Rushmore", "White House", "Air Force One", "Kristi Noem", "Bettina Trump", "Betsy Klein", "CNN"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shares-strong-hints-he-s-about-to-add-his-face-to-mount-rushmore-as-white", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shares-strong-hints-he-s-about-to-add-his-face-to-mount-rushmore-as-white.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shares-strong-hints-he-s-about-to-add-his-face-to-mount-rushmore-as-white.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/trump-shares-strong-hints-he-s-about-to-add-his-face-to-mount-rushmore-as-white.jsonld"}}