{"id":12702,"date":"2025-08-26T23:06:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/adding-trump-to-mt-rushmore-impossible-ex-national-park-service-head-says\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T23:06:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:06:04","slug":"adding-trump-to-mt-rushmore-impossible-ex-national-park-service-head-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umyonews.site\/index.php\/2025\/08\/26\/adding-trump-to-mt-rushmore-impossible-ex-national-park-service-head-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Trump to Mt. Rushmore Impossible, Ex-National Park Service Head Says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Mount Rushmore<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Trump Face Would Destroy Landmark!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-08-26T15:28:09-07:00\">August 26, 2025 3:28 PM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-0aba88daa452a8c715e891c36d2873c2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-43e1c1a7-882a-4b04-89fd-bb1bc8af3836-1681032080-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-43e1c1a7-882a-4b04-89fd-bb1bc8af3836-1681032080-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 410'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/ca\/16by9\/2025\/08\/26\/ca63494c661447eb8de406450e06413b_md.jpg\" alt=\"082625_dan_wenk_mount_rushmore_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">TMZ.com<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0aba88daa452a8c715e891c36d2873c2--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9530a1079ad84ff9d968caa6826354ca\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>MAGA supporters eager to see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/donald-trump\/\"><strong>Donald Trump<\/strong><\/a> added to Mount Rushmore are about to be disappointed &#8230; because it&#8217;s nearly impossible to make an addition without destroying the landmark, TMZ has learned.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9530a1079ad84ff9d968caa6826354ca--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-21c981aa53593410f2046715a8879b4d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>We caught up with former National Park Service Superintendent <strong>Dan Wenk<\/strong> on &#8220;TMZ Live&#8221; Tuesday, where he explained why the two-time president is never going to make it up onto the storied rock in South Dakota.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-21c981aa53593410f2046715a8879b4d--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3f17bb799a4600614095fdd582bbe498\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250826_98a40c43e1ba40eca5db3e6f5a3ce60e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:cdb625ad-8931-46b6-a9c7-3121594fc964\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 728 546'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/98\/4by3\/2025\/08\/26\/98a40c43e1ba40eca5db3e6f5a3ce60e_md.jpg\" alt=\"mount rushmore getty 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"lazyload img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3f17bb799a4600614095fdd582bbe498--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4966ab795332c24753ce97d5ae68950d\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As Dan put it &#8230; the mountain has been examined in the past and investigations determined that trying to make changes to the mountain&#8217;s structure would run the risk of destroying it.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4966ab795332c24753ce97d5ae68950d--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-93dd7b809c2f9fd71a02dd289db888ed\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>He continued &#8230; &#8220;It will endure for a long time if nothing&#8217;s done to it. But messing with the rock, is really not something you would want to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-93dd7b809c2f9fd71a02dd289db888ed--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-61642774f90efe0f4c7bee6bce49ad87\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-61642774f90efe0f4c7bee6bce49ad87--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-de5bd4388bffd60c9bde1cba501ea23e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>DW also mentioned the mountain&#8217;s explosive past &#8230; reminding &#8220;TMZ Live&#8221; viewers that Mount Rushmore builders used dynamite to carve the famed faces &#8212; causing a number of cracks to form.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-de5bd4388bffd60c9bde1cba501ea23e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9025b6b350bc2adb86952bc71642139b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Not to mention, Dan feels Mt. Rushmore is a renowned piece of art and changing it would be akin to altering <strong>Leonardo da Vinci<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Last Supper&#8221; mural.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9025b6b350bc2adb86952bc71642139b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-593ae7cae16ae2876c5d39f67bfd4dcb\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Dan&#8217;s message is clear &#8230; Trump &#8212; or any other president &#8212; should leave Mount Rushmore be!!!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-593ae7cae16ae2876c5d39f67bfd4dcb--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/08\/26\/ex-national-park-service-head-trump-mount-rushmore-impossible\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Rushmore Trump Face Would Destroy Landmark!!! 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