In addition to endorsing dubious choices by President Trump, Newsmax has also pushed the narrative that Trump should be added to Mount Rushmore. The apparently unironically named Charlie McCarthy wrote in a July 3 article:
A Republican lawmaker on Thursday proposed that President Donald Trump be added to Mount Rushmore.
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., sent a letter to Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and took to social media to express his request shortly before the House passed the Senate version of the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
Ogles wrote: “Given the scale and scope of President Trump’s recent achievements — especially the impending enactment of the Big Beautiful Bill, the historic act that will ignite America’s Golden Age — it is essential that we immortalize President Trump’s likeness on Mount Rushmore.”
“Like Washington, Trump did not seek his position for glory but out of love for his country, championing American independence and reshaping the presidency with dynamism, clarity, and purpose,” Ogles wrote on X.
Mark Vargas joined the narrative in a Nov. 7 column:
There are moments in history when greatness becomes undeniable — when courage, conviction, and love of country rise above politics, altering the course of human events.
For America, President Donald Trump is one of those rare figures.
Not merely a political leader, but a man whose resolve under fire — quite literally — has redefined what it means to serve, sacrifice, and stand for this nation.
[…]History will remember Donald J. Trump not just as the 45th and 47th commander in chief —but as one of our nation’s greatest defenders of freedom.
Mount Rushmore awaits him.
Solange Reyner typed up another endorsement of the narrative from a state-level politician in a Jan. 28 article:
Iowa state Rep. Steven Holt told Newsmax on Wednesday that he would “love to consider” adding President Donald Trump to Mount Rushmore, arguing that Trump is fighting to “save the republic” and remains popular across Iowa.
Speaking on Newsmax’s “National Report,” Holt said Iowa has embraced Trump because he is following through on his campaign pledges and advancing what Holt described as “common-sense conservative policies.”
[…]Holt also pointed to Trump’s broader political battle as a reason for his strong reception in the state, claiming the president is facing intense opposition from political opponents on the left.
“And all of the things that he’s doing, I would love to consider putting him on Mount Rushmore,” Holt said.
“Because, frankly, the folks on that mountain have done key things in our history to save the republic.”
Mount Rushmore, located in South Dakota’s Black Hills, features the carved faces of four U.S. presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln, leaders often associated with the country’s founding, expansion, development, and preservation.
Holt compared Trump’s current political efforts to what he described as the historic contributions of those presidents, saying Trump is “literally engaged in a battle to save the republic.”
He accused “leftists” of pushing policies he believes are harmful to the country, saying they “have lost their minds,” and argued that Trump’s pushback against those forces has fueled support among conservative voters.
Rather than fact-check Holt, Reyner touted how “Trump continues to draw strong support in Republican-leaning states, with allies increasingly elevating him as a transformational figure in modern American politics.”