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The President spoke at the South Dakota memorial on Friday night to kick off the long-anticipated and highly publicized America 250 celebrations.
Before 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 Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt.
'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.
The 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.
'Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Black Hills, South Dakota. Five Presidents,' was engraved in frosting.
The President's new daughter-in-law, Bettina Trump, shared an image of the cookie on her Instagram stories.
Betsy 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.'
Although 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.'
Trump has put out feelers about adding his face to the memorial, dating back to 2018, when then-representative Kristi Noem said the President had declared it was his 'dream' to be added to Mount Rushmore.
When asked in 2019 by The Hill if he wanted to be added, he coyly replied, 'If I answer that question, "Yes," I will end up with such bad publicity.'
A year later, after a report circulated by The New York Times that Trump was campaigning to have his likeness added, he wrote on X that he 'never suggested' adding his face.
'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.
Trump 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.'