Over the weekend, the New York Times ran a report claiming that the White House reached out to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem about the possibility of adding President Donald Trump’s face to Mount Rushmore.
That story, whose source was "a person familiar who spoke with the Times," was, of course, re-reported by CNN, who offered little in the way of details other than to say someone at the White House had contacted the governor's office about the addition last year, while adding that Trump one joked about it being his "dream" to have his likeness carved into the monument.
Because we don’t have bigger things going on in the world to report on like, say, domestic terrorists destroying entire U.S. cities, a “pandemic” that’s still keeping millions out of their jobs, teachers refusing to go back to school but still demanding to be paid, etc. Rumors about someone wanting his face carved on a mountain, that’s the big headline here.
But regardless of how you feel about Trump’s visage landing on a national monument that the left already wants to sandblast into nothingness because of a hundreds-year-old slight against Native Americans, Trump on Sunday night took to social media to call the report “fake news,” saying he “never mentioned” putting his ace next to the visages of Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt and Lincoln.
“This is Fake Newes by the failing [New York Times] & bad ratings [CNN},” Trump tweeted. “Never suggested it.”
Trump added that although he denies the White House having reached out to Noem about adding his face, it “sounds like a good idea.”
This is Fake News by the failing @nytimes & bad ratings @CNN. 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! https://t.co/EHrA9yUsAw
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 10, 2020