New Delhi, July 3 -- US President Donald Trump kicked off America's 250th birthday weekend on Friday with a trip to Mount Rushmore, the granite mountain in South Dakota where the heads of four American presidents are carved.

Many suspect he would like to see his own face carved in rock at Mount Rushmore.

The trip is a prelude to the big event celebrating the anniversary on Saturday night in Washington, when Trump will address a crowd on the National Mall ahead of a massive fireworks show.

On the eve of Independence Day, Trump will give a speech beneath the giant granite heads of four of his legendary predecessors at the national monument in South Dakota.

Trump has in the past openly mused about having his own profile carved on the mou...