{"id":2778,"date":"2026-07-03T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2778"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T15:14:09","slug":"trumps-vanity-projects-blamed-for-mount-rushmore-neglect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2778","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Vanity Projects Blamed for Mount Rushmore Neglect"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s various vanity projects are using up money intended to fix Mount Rushmore. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2776\">Thirsty Trump Says JFK Is 2nd Most Handsome President<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The iconic site needs $57 million in repairs it isn\u2019t getting, and Democrats say they know where the money went. They are accusing the Trump administration of redirecting tens of millions of dollars in national park fee revenue to fund the 80-year-old president\u2019s Washington \u201cbeautification\u201d projects, leaving landmarks like Mount Rushmore to deteriorate. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The National Park Service faces a deferred maintenance backlog of more than $24.2 billion nationwide as of the end of fiscal 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At the center of the dispute is revenue from the online sale of \u201cAmerica the Beautiful\u201d national park passes. Unlike fees collected at park gates\u2014which by law must largely stay at the park where they\u2019re collected\u2014online pass revenue carries no such restrictions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCredible sources with direct knowledge of these matters have now reported to Congress that much, if not all, fee revenue from online America the Beautiful Passes is being used to fund the President\u2019s \u2018beautification\u2019 projects in Washington,\u201d wrote California Sen. Adam Schiff and colleagues in a June letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. \u201cThis means that this revenue is not being directed to national parks across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2774\">Pentagon Pete Slapped Down in Cabinet Humiliation<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Interior Department pushed back, with spokeswoman Katie Martin saying, \u201cUnlike Barack Obama who spent millions upon millions in taxpayer-funded Great Recession recovery aid that should have gone to struggling families, the Trump administration is looking at different funding mechanisms for deferred maintenance which include endowment funds and revenue brought in from the sale of park passes,\u201d she said. She noted that pass sales revenue in the first three months of 2025 rose to $14.3 million from $13.7 million the prior year.<\/p>\n<p>The controversy lands as Trump is visiting Mount Rushmore on Friday. He has made no secret of his feelings about the monument\u2019s four granite faces. He has mused at campaign rallies about adding his own, posted hints online, and called it a \u201cgood idea.\u201d During his first term, he raised it directly with then-South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in the Oval Office. \u201cDo you know it\u2019s my dream to have my face on Mount Rushmore?\u201d he told her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started laughing,\u201d Noem recalled in a 2018 interview. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t laughing, so he was totally serious. I said, \u2018Come pick out a mountain.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burgum, who oversees the National Park Service, has said there is \u201ccertainly\u201d room for Trump\u2019s face. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, a Florida Republican and Trump ally, has introduced legislation to arrange the carving, which she said would \u201creflect his towering legacy.\u201d The bill is currently stalled.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2772\">Mitch McConnell Health Cover-Up Claims Emerge After \u2018Cardiac Arrest\u2019 Call<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The White House and the NPS have been contacted for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump\u2019s various vanity projects are using up money intended to fix Mount Rushmore. Read more Thirsty Trump Says JFK Is 2nd Most Handsome President The iconic site needs $57 million in repairs it isn\u2019t getting, and Democrats say they know where the money went. 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