{"id":9724,"date":"2026-07-03T18:27:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/?p=9724"},"modified":"2026-07-03T18:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:27:04","slug":"trump-to-visit-mount-rushmore-for-americas-250th-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/trump-to-visit-mount-rushmore-for-americas-250th-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to Visit Mount Rushmore for America&#8217;s 250th Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to <em>New York Post<\/em>, the Mount Rushmore visit precedes the main anniversary celebration scheduled for Saturday night on the National Mall, where Trump will deliver an address followed by an extensive fireworks display.<\/p>\n<p>The South Dakota monument, which features the carved granite faces of four American presidents, will host Trump for a keynote speech and fireworks show. The president previously visited the site in 2020 during his first term.<\/p>\n<p>Fire safety concerns have been raised due to ongoing drought conditions in the region, though festivities are proceeding as planned.<\/p>\n<h2>Presidential Legacy Projects<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Doug Burgum<\/strong>, the Interior Secretary and former North Dakota governor, is expected to accompany Trump on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long expressed interest in being added to Mount Rushmore alongside <strong>George Washington<\/strong>, <strong>Thomas Jefferson<\/strong>, <strong>Theodore Roosevelt<\/strong>, and <strong>Abraham Lincoln<\/strong>. In 2020, he responded to the suggestion on social media, calling it <em>a good idea<\/em>. However, no concrete steps toward that goal have materialized during his second term.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the president has pursued alternative legacy projects centered on the nation&#8217;s capital. These initiatives include constructing a new ballroom adjacent to the White House, developing plans for a monumental arch, and undertaking renovations of several prominent Washington monuments and public areas.<\/p>\n<h2>Anniversary Week Activities<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this week, Trump dedicated the <strong>Theodore Roosevelt<\/strong> presidential museum in Medora, North Dakota, where he welcomed comparisons to the historically influential leader.<\/p>\n<p>The president will make his second flight aboard the Qatari jumbo jet that was provided for his use as Air Force One throughout his current term in office.<\/p>\n<h2>Political Headwinds<\/h2>\n<p>The anniversary celebrations unfold as Trump confronts rising gasoline prices stemming from the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Republican lawmakers have expressed mounting concern that the ongoing conflict could jeopardize the party&#8217;s control of at least one congressional chamber in the upcoming November midterm elections, as <em>New York Post<\/em> reports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump travels to Mount Rushmore Friday ahead of the nation&#8217;s 250th anniversary celebration on the National Mall Saturday, where he will deliver a speech and host fireworks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":9723,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[6046,196,4654,8698,8697,4741,209],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-9724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-america-250th-anniversary","tag-donald-trump","tag-doug-burgum","tag-independence-celebration","tag-mount-rushmore","tag-south-dakota","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9726,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9724\/revisions\/9726"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9724"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=9724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}