'What are we waiting on?' GOP lawmaker takes advisor up on putting Trump on Mount Rushmore

An advisor to President Donald Trump suggested Friday that Republicans in Congress go beyond just allowing Trump to run for a third term — they ought to chisel his mug into Mount Rushmore.

Longtime Trump advisor Corey Lewandowski appeared on the right-wing Benny Johnson Show and asked his thoughts on a proposal this week from Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) to allow Trump to run again.

Lewandowski, a MAGA loyalist, praised Ogles for the move and called him a "really smart guy."

"I like that piece of legislation. I don't know if it's constitutional," he said.

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Lewandowski then suggested a "better piece of legislation."

"Some really smart congressman should go and say, 'Donald Trump's face on Mount Rushmore. Ok? What are we waiting on? We can rename the Ronald Reagan Airport. It used to be [Washington] National Airport, now it's Ronald Reagan. I love Reagan. Who puts Donald Trump's face on Mt. Rushmore? We get the votes in the House, we get the votes in the Senate. I know a guy's going to sign it named Donald John Trump. Let's get it done to memorialize what this man's been able to achieve for this country," he said.

When Johnson superimposed a photo of Trump's face over an empty spot on the landmark, Lewandowski said it looked "meant to be."

"It's almost there. Like if you look, there's a little hair right there on the top. If you look closely. We could expedite this thing. We're spending all this friggin' money to the Ukraine. How about we spend some of it on our own country? How much does it cost to get a couple guys to go chisel something?" he said. "We have this great artist. Bang this thing out in like a couple weeks."

But Lewandowski's idea is apparently already in motion.

"I’m actually filing the legislation as we speak," wrote Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL).

Trump indicated in 2020 that it'd be a "good idea" to have his face on Mount Rushmore, but the idea has been met with questions about whether the structure can withstand another face.

The landmark's National Memorial chief of interpretation and education has said it's impossible to add a fifth president to the monument.

"The rock that surrounds the sculpted faces is not suitable for additional carving. When Gutzon Borglum, the sculptor of Mount Rushmore died in 1941, his son Lincoln Borglum closed down the project and stated that no more carvable rock existed," said Maureen McGee-Ballinger.

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