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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago

Treasury weighs minting $1 coin with Trump's face for U.S. 250th anniversary

www.cnbc.com

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Treasury weighs minting $1 coin with Trump's face for U.S. 250th anniversary

www.cnbc.com

return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 hours ago
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U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed in a social media post that the draft coin depicting Trump is real. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared Beach's post.
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    What is one more felony? Perhaps someone can be found guilty and sentenced to no punishment.

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    Kings and queens have legal tender with their face on it during their tenure…

    When is the official coronation of trump scheduled? 2027?

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    This is illegal unless he dies

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      Oh! Then I support this coin!

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        Yeah honestly at this point I want to see more unhinged shit so we can laugh at the history books.

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      So is him running for a third term, but his office is filled with “Trump 2028” hats.

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      Since when during this admin was legality considered?

      • Kairos@lemmy.today
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        Just because some part of the U.S. government ignored the law doesn’t mean the entire U.S. government ignores the law.

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    • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
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      Only after he’s been dead for 2 years or more can his visage be printed on a U.S. coin.

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      They may be expecting that.

  • RandomlyGeneratedName@lemmy.world
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    Have we ever done this with a sitting president ever? This has such “great leader” vibes.

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      No we haven’t because we explicitly made that illegal for that very reason

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    I hate this timeline.

    • finitebanjo@piefed.world
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      The good news is this is illegal.

      The bad news is Republicans probably don’t care.

      • toiletobserver@lemmy.world
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        Explain more

        • finitebanjo@piefed.world
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          31 U.S. Code 5112 says “No coin issued may bear the image of a living former or current President,”

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            Oh, this one’s easy the way I understand things work now.

            He is both former AND current, so fire up the mint.

            • finitebanjo@piefed.world
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              But the law doesn’t say anything about former, only current, which is currently true.

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              God damn XOR

          • bobs_monkey@lemmy.zip
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            Yeah they won’t care, they’ll do it anyway, and then go after critics for being “unamerican” and “anti capitalist” per NSPM-7.

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            I was about to say, I was pretty sure that was a law, instituted to stop… oh, what was it again? Oh ya. FASCISM.

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            Amendment incoming!

          • toiletobserver@lemmy.world
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            Thank you!

          • u/lukmly013 💾 (lemmy.sdf.org)@lemmy.sdf.org
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            Nah man, spoilers!

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          Heard of congressional approval?

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        Illegal? They’ve never heard the word.

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    This is just bait for people to point out that it’s illegal to commemorate a living president.

    At which point they’ll feign “oopsies” and—surprising absolutely nobody—proceed to roll out a Charlie Kirk coin.

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      There’s already shitloads of ads out there for privately minted Kuck rounds

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    So… how easy would these be to load in a shotgun?

    Asking for a friend. Who appreciates irony.

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      Shocking easy and a whole hobby on itself

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    Anyone remember when Americans were up in arms because Clinton wanted his face on the 20?

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    If such a coin exists ever exists, I hope all of them end up with deep scratches across the face.

    Also, “Fight fight fight” sounds more like the Itchy and Scratchy theme song than some democratic saying.

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      Drill a hole through his head.

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    “FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT”

    Sounds like inciting violence to me.

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      Given that it doesn’t meet the legal requirements for currency but they would be passing it off as real money, it sounds more like counterfeiting to me. One more charge to add to the list.

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    How about we reopen the government and release the Epstein files first?

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    What is the most orange alloy? Copper gold? They should make it out of that.

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    NO living person should be commemorated on a coin, regardless of political ideology.

    Hopefully, this abomination will go over about as well as the Sacajawea dollar coin.

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    Great idea … no better way to celebrate how stupid this country has become than by sharing another dumb image of this idiot.

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    I know one way this wouldn’t be a thing…

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