Climate activists want to carve Trump's face on a glacier


President Trump has joked about getting his face on Mount Rushmore. A group of Finnish climate activists might kind of, sort of make that happen.
The Melting Ice Association wants to raise $500,000 to carve Trump's face in a glacier — a Mount Trumpmore, if you will.
The sculpture-to-be isn't just a dig at the global warming-denying leader. If Trump's face melts, Project Trumpmore says it will prove climate change's existence on a very huge, very visible scale. Here's what the finished project could look like:
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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.
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