Trump Returns to Mount Rushmore for 250th Celebration as 5th-Face Push Lacks Path
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Updated · CNN · Jul 3
Trump Returns to Mount Rushmore for 250th Celebration as 5th-Face Push Lacks Path
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 3
Summary
Mount Rushmore hosts Trump on Friday for a flyover, remarks and fireworks marking the nation’s 250th anniversary, returning him to the monument six years after his last visit.
A fifth presidential carving remains effectively out of reach: the monument’s sculptor wrote in 1936 that the stone had serious limits and could not accommodate another head.
Doug Burgum said there is “certainly” room for Trump’s face, and Rep. Anna Paulina Luna has introduced legislation to mandate the carving, but the bill is stalled and has little chance in the Senate.
Trump’s 2020 Rushmore appearance came amid the pandemic and racial-justice protests, when he used the backdrop to denounce “cancel culture” and elevate a history-focused message that later shaped his campaigns and second-term cultural agenda.