President Donald Trump joked about being added to the Mount Rushmore National Memorial during a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, on Tuesday â and the Twitterverse couldnât cope.
Tweeters reacted equally in horror and glee to the fanciful prospect of Trump being immortalized in the iconic rock alongside the sculptures of former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln.
Watch Trumpâs speech here:
By sharing amusingly edited photographs and existing cartoons, they imagined what the memorial would look like if Trump was indeed included.
Others also suggested on which side of the mountain he should appear:
Trumpâs quip came during a trademark rambling speech in which he said that âevery president on Mount Rushmore believed in protecting American industry.â
âNow hereâs what I do. Iâd ask whether or not you someday think I will be on Mount Rushmore,â he added.
But after clearly invoking the idea of having his face included on the memorial, he then used his very own statement to take aim at the âfake newsâ media.
âBut hereâs the problem, if I did it joking, totally joking, having fun, the fake news media will say âhe believes he should be on Mount Rushmore.â So I wonât say it. OK? I wonât say it.â
Tweeters also had thoughts on that: