Trump denied asking to have his face carved on Mount Rushmore, but said it 'sounds like a good idea to me!'

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In a Sunday night tweet, President Donald Trump denied a New York Times report over the weekend that a White House official had inquired about adding a carving of another president to Mount Rushmore.

However, Trump said it "sounds like a good idea" based "on all of the many things accomplished during" his first term.

While adding another president to Mount Rushmore is a frequent question, the National Parks Service says there's actually no room for an additional sculpture.

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President Donald Trump has said that adding his face to Mount Rushmore "sounds like a good idea" based on what he's accomplished in his first term in office.

The president made the comment on Twitter Sunday night, when he also denied a Saturday New York Times report that a Trump administration official had asked about adding presidents to the national monument last year.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Inside London during COVID-19 lockdownSee Also:From Kim and Kanye to the Conways: 12 famous relatives with very different political viewsLebanon's devastating blast came in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis, frequent power outages, and hospitals struggling to contain the coronavirusHospitals in Beirut were so badly damaged by the explosion that many can't admit new patients

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