{"id":2623590,"date":"2026-07-03T21:09:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-suggests-no-better-addition-to-mount-rushmore-than-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T21:09:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:09:37","slug":"white-house-suggests-no-better-addition-to-mount-rushmore-than-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-suggests-no-better-addition-to-mount-rushmore-than-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"White House suggests \u2018no better addition\u2019 to Mount Rushmore than Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-suggests-no-better-addition-to-mount-rushmore-than-trump%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2623590&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver a July 4th Independence Day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">speech<\/a> at Mount Rushmore, where there is speculation that the monument could be expanded to include a fifth president, namely Trump himself. The White House has expressed that adding Trump would be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-woke-categories-awards-shows-should-start-including\/\" title=\"7 Woke Categories Awards Shows Should Start Including\">fitting tribute<\/a>, reflecting his importent legacy.The idea of commemorating Trump at Mount Rushmore is not new; it has been proposed previously by Republican lawmakers, such as Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, who emphasized his leadership as deserving of such recognition. Trump has not publicly endorsed the idea but has acknowledged that it &#8220;sounds like an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convoy-to-dc-facebook-group-amasses-90k-followers-calls-on-american-truckers-to-form-nationwide-protest-against-vax-mandates\/\" title=\"\u2018Convoy To DC\u2019 Facebook Group Amasses 90k Followers, Calls On American Truckers To Form Nationwide Protest Against Vax Mandates\">excellent idea<\/a>&#8221; based on his accomplishments. Several other proposals have been suggested by Republicans to honor Trump,<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >including awarding<\/a> him the Nobel Peace Prize,naming airports after him,or making his birthday a federal holiday. The president is also expected to give another speech on Saturday commemorating the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump <\/a>is set to take the stage in front of Mount Rushmore on Friday evening to deliver an Independence Day speech, his <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8767\">White House <\/a>thinks the monument could include a fifth president.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere would be no better addition to the iconic Mount Rushmore than the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump,\u201d White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.com\/amp\/Politics\/trump-heads-mount-rushmore-kick-off-america-250\/story?id=134443201\">said in a statement<\/a> to multiple outlets, including ABC News.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4635852\/trump-pardons-persecuted-biden-administration\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump signs pardons for 11 people, most convicted of vehicle emissions violations<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4635736\/jd-vance-melania-trump-millions-documentary-books\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Vance and Melania rake in millions from documentary, books, and NFTs<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4635652\/trump-usha-vance-careful-william-taft-heaviest-president\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump tells Usha Vance he needs to be \u2018careful\u2019 he doesn\u2019t become heaviest US president<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not the first time Republicans have floated this idea. Just days after Trump was inaugurated to serve his second presidential term, Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anna-paulina-luna\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11243\">Anna Paulina Luna<\/a> (R-FL) introduced a bill to add Trump to the monument, saying he \u201cwill be forever remembered among the great\u201d alongside Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s bold leadership and steadfast dedication to America\u2019s greatness have cemented his place in history,\u201d\u00a0Luna <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/luna.house.gov\/posts\/breaking-rep-luna-introduces-legislation-to-carve-president-trump-on-mount-rushmore\">said<\/a> in a January 2025 statement. \u201cMount Rushmore, a timeless symbol of our nation\u2019s freedom and strength, deserves to reflect his towering legacy\u2014a legacy further solidified by the powerful start to his second term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump himself has never publicly endorsed the idea, but he has also not shot it down. He called a story that he had broached the idea to the South Dakota governor in 2020 \u201cfake news,\u201d but he said he could see how it \u201csounds like a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever suggested it 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!\u201d Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1292628590425759747?s=20\">wrote<\/a> on social media in August 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4634382\/trump-thune-mount-rushmore-reset-south-dakota\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4634382\">TRUMP AND THUNE LOOK FOR RESET AT MOUNT RUSHMORE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adding Trump as the fifth Mount Rushmore president is just one of several ideas Republican lawmakers have <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4537485\/eight-things-gop-wants-dedicate-trump-democrats-crack-down-renaming\/\">suggested<\/a> as ways to preserve the president\u2019s legacy. Many have floated the idea of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, naming airports after him, and making his birthday a federal holiday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The president is set to give his Fourth of July speech in South Dakota at 8:30 p.m. local time on Friday. He is also set to give another Independence Day speech on the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/america-250\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"20120\">250th anniversary<\/a> of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s White House suggests adding him to Mount Rushmore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3976,"featured_media":2623591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mount-Rushmore-2026-scaled-e1782412918212.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[82193,5894,3634,6062],"class_list":["post-2623590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mountrushmore","tag-politics","tag-trump","tag-whitehouse"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Mount-Rushmore-2026-scaled-e1782412918212.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2623590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2623594,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623590\/revisions\/2623594"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2623591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2623590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2623590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2623590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}