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But the answer is "time".
Look at the scale of the original project:
"Commissioned by Congress in 1925, construction on Mount Rushmore began in the late 1920s under the direction of sculptor Gutzon Borglum. The National Park Service took over the project in 1933. It was completed in 1941."
16 years from approval to completion. Trump couldn't even get a wall built before the next President abandoned it.
I imagine technology has changed enough in the last 80 years or so, to allow the work to be done much faster.
From design to implementation, we'd still be talking about years. The chances of it happening before the end of his term are almost nonexistent just because of the logistics alone.
Surprisingly not by much, most of the improvements have been with portability not functionality, at least when it comes to stone working. Instead of steam we use electric for example so you don't need to lug around steam canisters for a power drill. Scaffolding, blasting, drilling, and chiseling is still more or less the same since the 30s.
Physics? I thought the mountain can't support another face
The article talks about that
Another face? Wouldn't he just carve his own ugly face over top of the existing ones?
We the people?
Shoulder-fired missiles?
Yeah, you’ve done a bang-up job so far
Ok but it would be kinda fitting. Each face represents a phase of America: birth, growth, preservation, and development. He'd just represent destruction.
Even if he did it, what would prevent it from being removed once he's out of office?
The shape of a rock is fairly insignificant compared to some of the things that are happening. Kidnappings? Assassinations?
Don't think there's enough rock left for that fat head of his
I've never been the type to advocate defacing national monuments, but there's a first time for everything.
It'd be hilarious if someone were to spray paint a few dongs on his face. Like he fell asleep drunk and a bunch of people went to work with Sharpies. 🤣
Or like Catch as Caftan..
https://lamag.com/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm-caftan-billboard-santa-monica-blvd-vandalism
He's king. He can do anything he wants.
It would actually be a hoot, to see the amateurish hack job some MAGA "artist" would do on the Incredible Bulk's ugly ass face.
Of course. Those are the perks of being King.
