Trump has mentioned having his face carved on Mount Rushmore multiple times. Here's why that is unlikely to happen.

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• On Monday, President Donald Trump tweeted that the idea of adding his face to Mount Rushmore "sounds like a good idea to me!"
• His comments came after The New York Times reported that the White House asked South Dakota's governor whether new carvings of presidents could be added to the monument.
• A spokesperson for the monument has said that there are two reasons why a fifth president won't be added to the sculpture: There's no usable rock and it goes against the artist's vision. 
• Logistics aside, Americans polled in 2010 said the president they'd most like to see added to Mount Rushmore is John F. Kennedy. 
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President Donald Trump appears to have a fixation with getting his likeness added to Mount Rushmore, but there are a couple reasons why that wish is unlikely to come true.

Last weekend the president vehemently denied a report in The New York Times, which said that a member of his administration had contacted the governor of South Dakota last year to inquire about the process of adding another president to the sculpture. 

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