'Trump Also on Rushmore'..Inquiry into Procedure for Adding White House Faces

NYT "White House Sculpture Additional Procedures Inquired Last Year"

U.S. President Donald Trump is posing in front of the former presidents' statues at Mount Rushmore.
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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] It has been revealed that when U.S. President Donald Trump expressed his hope to have his face included alongside the four former presidents carved into Mount Rushmore, the White House explored the feasibility of this idea.

The New York Times (NYT) reported on the 9th (local time), citing a Republican official, that a White House staff member contacted the South Dakota governor's office, where Mount Rushmore is located, last year to inquire about the procedure for adding other presidents to Mount Rushmore.

Last year, President Trump expressed his desire to Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota to have his face carved into Mount Rushmore. Upon learning of Trump's wish, Governor Noem welcomed President Trump last month at the Independence Day fireworks event held at Mount Rushmore with a 120 cm model of Mount Rushmore featuring Trump's face, according to a source who spoke to the NYT.

At the event, President Trump experienced vicarious satisfaction as photos were taken showing the composition of the four former presidents' carved faces alongside his own.

Regarding this, a White House official virtually denied the NYT report that the White House inquired with the governor's office about the procedure for adding sculptures, stating that Mount Rushmore is a federal national park, not a state park.

Mount Rushmore is a park featuring the gigantic busts of four former U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

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