Trump Denies Suggesting Adding His Face to Mount Rushmore, but Calls It ‘a Good Idea’

President Trump claimed that a recent New York Times report that he had inquired about having his face added to Mount Rushmore was “Fake News,” although he was not exactly opposed to the idea.

The Times reported on Saturday that in 2019, a White House aide asked South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s office about how a president could get added to the famed mountain sculpture. CNN later picked up the Times’ report, adding a reference to a 2018 Oval Office meeting where, Noem said, Trump asked her about it directly.

“This is Fake News by the failing @nytimes & bad ratings @CNN,” Trump tweeted Sunday evening. “Never 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!”

Noem claimed, according to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, that she had encouraged Trump to visit South Dakota, mentioning Mount Rushmore, to which Trump replied that it was his “dream” to have his face on there. (Read more from “Trump Denies Suggesting Adding His Face to Mount Rushmore, but Calls It ‘a Good Idea'” HERE)

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