Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Let’s add Trump to Mt. Rushmore!

For those who still don’t know it, Mount Rushmore is known the world over for its colossal sculpture carved into its granite face deep into the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Gutzon Borglum designed it and oversaw its carving from 1927 to 1941. The sculpture depicts the head of Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, and each one of them was chosen to represent the nation's birth, growth, development, and preservation.

Instead of taking positive steps in containing Covid-19, Trump had recently told Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, that he was looking to have his head added to the monument. It’s also been reported that last year, a White House aide reached out to the governor’s office asking what’s the process to add additional presidents to Mount Rushmore?
From what I was able to observe and gather, there isn’t enough granite to carve Trump’s big face into it. I think American should be more resourceful than that, bring some cow manure (there’s plenty of it in the Midwest) and give Donald his due.

That wouldn’t be rocket science and it would hit the nail on its head. The material is very malleable, can be sculpted into the perfect Trump likeness and, as the colloquial “bull-shit” expression indicates, would address another “value”, that is the remarkable propensity of our sitting president to lie as much as he breathes.

Just be careful to wear a mask and bring galoshes if you ever fancy to visit the place after the addition has been made!

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