# Trump's next publicity stunt: Mt. Rushmore on or about the 4th of July **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 28, 2020, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477 "2020-06-28T00:58:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/21 "2020-07-04T00:24:34Z")
It looks like a very small event, no masks at all, all white, no distancing, but not enough of a crowd to make it packed. I skimmed through, they had someone impersonating Able Lincoln with some kind of speech, and three native American performers. Hoop dance. I have seen them so often, and they are so boring. Oh, the President’s plan is just landing, so I guess they will have to redo the hoop dance for him. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/22 "2020-07-04T00:38:15Z")
I so wanted him to parachute out of the plane… sort of. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/23 "2020-07-04T00:40:51Z")
His speech, for the 4th of July, is going to be about how awesome all those Confederate traitor’s statues are and how terrible it is that liberals want to take them down. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/24 "2020-07-04T00:49:27Z")
And you know Trump will be whispering to Melania where on that hill he wants his figure carved. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/25 "2020-07-04T00:50:08Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > > [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > > > It’s true. Trump’s no Fillmore. > > Mallard Fillmore, maybe. > > Don’t care about the gratuitous photo op overall - we’ve had plenty of those over the centuries. I’m half-tempted to say that if he wants to go ahead with the fireworks display despite the advice of experts, he should - if it sets the forest on fire, it’d be the perfect metaphor for his presidency. I imagine there will be some fires. But absolutely not his fault. [sarcasm]Those park rangers should have swept the forest floor like he’s always been saying he is right about. And it probably wasn’t even the fireworks - just Antifa trying to burn shit down to make him look bad. Yeah, that’s the ticket. [/sarcasm] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/26 "2020-07-04T00:55:55Z")
> [@Mikemike2](#): > > And you know Trump will be whispering to Melania where on that hill he wants his figure carved. Whispering to Melania? I think it’s more likely he’ll issue an Executive Order next Monday telling the Department of the Interior to start blasting. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/27 "2020-07-04T00:57:30Z")
Haha, it would be terrible if they messed up his carving. Maybe not getting the orange quite right. ---
**Author:** ![Mikemike2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikemike2/32/305_2.png) [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/28 "2020-07-04T01:45:13Z")
About to go out to see our cities fireworks. So two military bands at Rushmore so far for entertainment. One band stated that they get together every month to practice. I take it there will not be one recognizable entertainer? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/29 "2020-07-04T02:27:08Z")
> [@Mikemike2](#): > > I take it there will not be one recognizable entertainer? There’s going to be a world famous clown. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/30 "2020-07-04T03:47:57Z")
[The AP has a story up about his speech](https://apnews.com/e4725ee4f6c777273a4b5dc83ab57823); did anyone watch? > [@](#): > > Speaking to a largely maskless crowd at Mount Rushmore, President Donald Trump said Friday that protesters have waged “a merciless campaign to wipe out our history” amid demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality. > > The sharp rebuke in a holiday address to mark the nation’s independence follows weeks of protests across the nation, sparked by the Memorial Day killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis. Some demonstrators have also destroyed or damaged Confederate monuments and statues honoring those who have benefited from slavery. > > “This movement is openly attacking the legacies of every person on Mount Rushmore,” Trump said, adding that some on the political left hope to “defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.” 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/31 "2020-07-04T05:16:14Z")
Ah, I see he opted for dark, divisive and batshit. Is he speaking again tomorrow? Should be a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/32 "2020-07-04T05:57:55Z")
There was this as well: > [@](#): > > “This movement is openly attacking the legacies of every person on Mount Rushmore,” Trump said. He lamented “cancel culture” and charged that some on the political left hope to “defame our heroes, erase our values and indoctrinate our children.” He said Americans should speak proudly of their heritage and shouldn’t have to apologize for its history. > > “We will not be terrorized, we will not be demeaned, and we will not be intimidated by bad, evil people,” Trump added. “It will not happen.” 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/33 "2020-07-04T07:28:03Z")
> [@solost](#): > > Yet another infathomably ignorant thing he said on that matter: > _Dismissing concerns that the fireworks posed an environmental threat, Trump said, “what can burn? It’s stone,”_ This really is one of the most head-slappingly idiotic things he has ever said, and that’s saying something. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/34 "2020-07-04T07:43:29Z")
> [@Orange Ignoramus](#): > > “This movement is openly attacking the legacies of every person on Mount Rushmore,” Trump said, adding that some on the political left hope to “defame our heroes, erase our values, and indoctrinate our children.” Sounds like Stephen Miller, the modern incarnation of Joseph Goebbels, has been speechwriting again. Our orange hero has achieved a 2-for-1 here: risk spreading COVID-19 (apparently his favorite hobby) while risking wildfires by setting off fireworks above forests that are largely tinder-dry because so many trees have been killed by mountain bark beetles (in large part due to that “Chinese hoax”, climate change). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/35 "2020-07-04T11:27:22Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > …risk spreading COVID-19 (apparently his favorite hobby)… (CNN)Kimberly Guilfoyle – the girlfriend of Donald Trump Jr. and a top fundraiser for the Trump campaign – has tested positive for coronavirus, according to a top official for the committee she leads. “After testing positive, Kimberly was immediately isolated to limit any exposure,” said Sergio Gor, chief of staff for the Trump Victory Finance Committee. “She’s doing well, and will be retested to ensure the diagnosis is correct since she’s asymptomatic but as a precaution will cancel all upcoming events. Donald Trump Jr was tested negative, but as a precaution is also self isolating and is canceling all public events.” Guilfoyle tested positive in South Dakota before she was set to attend the President’s event at Mount Rushmore, a person familiar with the matter and a campaign source familiar with the matter said. [https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/politics/kimberly-guilfoyle-positive-coronavirus-test/index.html](https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/03/politics/kimberly-guilfoyle-positive-coronavirus-test/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2020, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/36 "2020-07-04T13:48:38Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > There’s going to be a world famous clown. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2020, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477/37 "2020-07-05T19:50:14Z")
The only thing I can think is Chump realizes he is going to lose in November and intends to go out in a huge bang. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-next-publicity-stunt-mt-rushmore-on-or-about-the-4th-of-july/913477.md?page=1)