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Trump Shares AI Portraits of Lincoln Memorial, Rushmore

5/3/2026

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On May 2, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated portrait of himself and cabinet officials at Lincoln Memorial.
The portrait showed Trump in chair beside a woman resembling Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins; it followed vandals who covered the reflecting pool with a tarp and spray-painted “86 47”.
Later that night Trump shared AI rendering showing himself as a fifth face at Mount Rushmore, despite National Park Service saying rock cannot accommodate it.

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On May 2, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated portrait of himself and cabinet officials at Lincoln Memorial.
The portrait showed Trump in chair beside a woman resembling Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins; it followed vandals who covered the reflecting pool with a tarp and spray-painted “86 47”.
Later that night Trump shared AI rendering showing himself as a fifth face at Mount Rushmore, despite National Park Service saying rock cannot accommodate it.