TELL CONGRESS: Trump's new vanity project is a $200 million White House ballroom. He just cemented over the Rose Garden and pressured the Smithsonian to remove an exhibit about his two impeachments — a blatant move to control and rewrite history. And his loyalists are pushing to get his face on Mount Rushmore. Sign the petition: Oppose Trump's vanity projects and don't put Trump on Mount Rushmore!
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<p><strong>Trump is planning to build a $200 million White House ballroom</strong>.<sup><small>1</small></sup> It’s yet another ridiculous vanity project in the background of the administration’s ever-escalating authoritarianism.</p>
<p>After Trump cemented over the White House Rose Garden, and pressured the Smithsonian to remove an exhibit on his two impeachments,<sup><small>2,3</small></sup> it’s clear that he’s trying to put his MAGA stamp on the White House AND control history. </p>
<p><strong>Trump’s sycophants in Congress are still pushing proposals to get his face on Mount Rushmore</strong>, currency, airports, and landmarks. It’s critical that our lawmakers stand against these insidious displays of Trump-worship.</p>
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<p>Trump loyalist Rep. Andy Ogles recently urged the government to put Trump on Mount Rushmore. After saying the White House is ushering in “America’s Golden Age,” Ogles added, <strong>“it is essential that we immortalize President Trump’s likeness on Mount Rushmore.”</strong><sup><small>4</small></sup> He joined a wave of GOP efforts to get Trump’s name on the D.C. metro, Dulles airport, the Kennedy Center, and currency.<sup><small>5</small></sup></p>
<p>Just two months ago, Trump put on a wasteful, grotesque military parade celebrating his birthday. Putting Trump’s own face on Mount Rushmore would be another act of a strongman.</p>
<p>The drive to put Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore is particularly disturbing because the monument is built in the Black Hills on unceded Lakota territory — deeply important land that the U.S. government stole from Native Americans.<sup><small>6</small></sup> And the person who led the construction of Mount Rushmore had ties to the KKK.<sup><small>7</small></sup></p>
<p>Sitting presidents don’t belong on money, monuments, airports, and landmarks — especially not Trump, whose administration continuously <strong>defies the rule of law and threatens our democracy</strong>.</p>
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[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Reject all efforts to put Trump on Mount Rushmore! <p></p>
<p><strong>Trump is planning to build a $200 million White House ballroom</strong>.<sup><small>1</small></sup> It’s yet another ridiculous vanity project in the background of the administration’s ever-escalating authoritarianism.</p>
<p>After Trump cemented over the White House Rose Garden, and pressured the Smithsonian to remove an exhibit on his two impeachments,<sup><small>2,3</small></sup> it’s clear that he’s trying to put his MAGA stamp on the White House AND control history. </p>
<p><strong>Trump’s sycophants in Congress are still pushing proposals to get his face on Mount Rushmore</strong>, currency, airports, and landmarks. It’s critical that our lawmakers stand against these insidious displays of Trump-worship.</p>
<p><strong>Sign the petition: Keep Trump off of Mount Rushmore, currency, and other landmarks — stop Trump’s push to control history.</strong></p>
<p>Trump loyalist Rep. Andy Ogles recently urged the government to put Trump on Mount Rushmore. After saying the White House is ushering in “America’s Golden Age,” Ogles added, <strong>“it is essential that we immortalize President Trump’s likeness on Mount Rushmore.”</strong><sup><small>4</small></sup> He joined a wave of GOP efforts to get Trump’s name on the D.C. metro, Dulles airport, the Kennedy Center, and currency.<sup><small>5</small></sup></p>
<p>Just two months ago, Trump put on a wasteful, grotesque military parade celebrating his birthday — the kind of show usually seen in authoritarian regimes, not democracies. Putting Trump’s own face on Mount Rushmore would be another act of a strongman.</p>
<p>The drive to put Trump’s face on Mount Rushmore is particularly disturbing because the monument is built in the Black Hills on unceded Lakota territory — deeply important land that the U.S. government stole from Native Americans.<sup><small>6</small></sup> And the person who led the construction of Mount Rushmore had ties to the KKK.<sup><small>7</small></sup></p>
<p>Sitting presidents don’t belong on money, monuments, airports, and landmarks — especially not Trump, whose administration continuously <strong>defies the rule of law and threatens our democracy</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>Sign the petition: Reject all efforts to put Trump on Mount Rushmore!</strong></p>
<p>Thanks for taking action,</p>
<p>Joey and the Demand Progress team</p>
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Truthout, "Trump Plans to Build $200 Million White House Party Room,” </span><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">August 1, 2025.</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Axios, "The history behind Trump's newly paved Rose Garden,” </span><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">August 4, 2025.</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The New Republic, "The Trump Administration Is Literally Trying to Rewrite History,” </span><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">August 1, 2025.</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Newsweek, “Fresh Push To Add Donald Trump to Mount Rushmore: 'Essential',” </span><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 4, 2025.</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Newsweek, "Full List of GOP Bills to Put Trump's Name or Face on Things,” </span><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 28, 2025.</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Democracy Now, "'He Wasn’t Invited': How Trump’s Racist Mt. Rushmore Celebration Violated Indigenous Sovereignty,” </span><a href="[link removed]" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span style="font-weight: 400;">July 6, 2025.</span></a></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ibid.</span></li>
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