TELL CONGRESS: Trump loyalists want his face on Mount Rushmore and U.S. currency, and his name on airports and the Kennedy Center. They even think he should win the Nobel Peace Prize. This MAGA fandom emboldens Trump's authoritarian policies and his brazen attempt to control history. Sign the petition: Keep Trump off Mount Rushmore!

Trump loyalists in Congress have a slate of proposals to celebrate him and his authoritarian policies. MAGA lawmakers want his face on Mount Rushmore and U.S. currency, and his name on airports and the Kennedy Center. They even think he should win the Nobel Peace Prize.1

Rep. Jason White called Trump a "transformational leader."2 Rep. Andy Ogles said Trump is leading the country through "America's Golden Age."3 And Rep. Anna Paulina Luna said in her bid to get Trump on Mount Rushmore that he has done what "no other president has been able to accomplish."4 This far-right fawning emboldens Trump's dangerous, anti-democratic agenda.

The attempts to "immortalize" Trump while he's still the sitting president — as he paves over the Rose Garden, builds a $200 million White House ballroom, and pressures the Smithsonian to alter exhibits about his impeachment5 — are all hallmarks of a tyrant.

Sign the petition: Keep Trump off of Mount Rushmore, airports, currency, and other landmarks!

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.

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.6 And the person who led the construction of Mount Rushmore had ties to the KKK.7

Federal law bans living figures from being put on currency. But that hasn't stopped multiple GOP efforts to get Trump on money.8 This MAGA fandom emboldens Trump's authoritarian policies and his brazen attempt to control history. Our lawmakers in Congress must stop all of these ridiculous, dangerous bills.

Sign the petition: Block all efforts to put Trump on Mount Rushmore!

Thanks for taking action,

Joey and the Demand Progress team

Sources:

  1. Associated Press, "All the ways Republicans want to honor Trump, from the $100 bill to Mount Rushmore,” July 31, 2025.
  2. Newsweek, “Fresh Push To Add Donald Trump to Mount Rushmore: 'Essential',” July 4, 2025.
  3. Associated Press, "All the ways Republicans want to honor Trump, from the $100 bill to Mount Rushmore,” July 31, 2025.
  4. Ibid.
  5. Axios, "Smithsonian restores Trump to impeachment display in museum with revisions,” August 8, 2025.
  6. Democracy Now, "'He Wasn’t Invited': How Trump’s Racist Mt. Rushmore Celebration Violated Indigenous Sovereignty,” July 6, 2025.
  7. Ibid.
  8. Associated Press, "All the ways Republicans want to honor Trump, from the $100 bill to Mount Rushmore,” July 31, 2025.

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