Trump told someone, “Do you know it's my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?” The witness said, “He wasn't laughing, so he was totally serious.” In 2020, Trump denied a New York Times report about speaking with South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem about adding his face to Mount Rushmore, but said it “sounds like a good idea to me!”
Noem gave Trump a bust of Mount Rushmore that included his face in 2020. In 2025, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna filed legislation to carve Trump's face on Mount Rushmore (H.R.792).