As President Donald Trump is set to take the stage in front of Mount Rushmore on Friday evening to deliver an Independence Day speech, his White House thinks the monument could include a fifth president.

“There would be no better addition to the iconic Mount Rushmore than the 45th and 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump,” White House spokesperson Taylor Rogers said in a statement to multiple outlets, including ABC News.

This is not the first time Republicans have floated this idea. Just days after Trump was inaugurated to serve his second presidential term, Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced a bill to add Trump to the monument, saying he “will be forever remembered among the great” alongside Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

“President Trump’s bold leadership and steadfast dedication to America’s greatness have cemented his place in history,” Luna said in a January 2025 statement. “Mount Rushmore, a timeless symbol of our nation’s freedom and strength, deserves to reflect his towering legacy—a legacy further solidified by the powerful start to his second term.”

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