Trump wants his own $1 coin.

[Norrrm]

https://www.google.com/search?q=%241+trump+coin&rlz=1C1AWUC_enUS1014US1023&oq=%241+trump+coin&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIICAEQABgWGB4yCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMggIBhAAGBYYHjIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHtIBCjM5NDM5ajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBa9Crv92rpZH&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

[LakeVermilion]

1. He better get it done before the

2026 midterms.

And if he does, it will be another reason to vote for Democrats!

[C_U_L8R]

2. Dumb but appropriate.

The dollar coin is the most useless, wasteful coin of all.

[EYESORE 9001]

3. If someone must die to get on a coin

who am I to buck tradition? BTW, I didn’t even carry Susan B. Anthony dollar coins, and I liked her

[tanyev]

8. Yep, we're much closer to a cashless society now

than when they brought out the Susan B. Anthony or Sacagawea coins. Even MAGA won’t want to carry heavy dollar coins with Donny’s picture on it.

[Glorious bastard]

4. I think he has a plan.

King Charles, beware!

[flor-de-jasmim]

5. He's rich enough to pay for his own casino tokens!

That's what they look like to me.

[Norrrm]

6. Pedo coin

[Emile]

7. The US Mint only mints coins for dead people.

[Johonny]

9. Worth 80 cents and dropping

[MineralMan]

10. Kings get their faces on coins.

We don't have any kings in the USA. Sorry, Donny.

No Kings!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. MaddowBlog-Treasury eyes a commemorative dollar coin for Trump, with plans for a 2026 rollout

It might sound like a weird joke, but there’s an actual plan to make a legal tender $1 coin next year that would glorify the incumbent president.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-dollar-coin-2026-rollout-rcna235974

It’s against this backdrop that NBC News reported:

The Treasury on Friday shared draft images of a $1 commemorative coin, featuring President Donald Trump’s visage, that the United States Mint is preparing in honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Trump’s instantly recognizable profile is featured on the ‘heads’ side of the coin. On the ‘tails’ side, the coin will have an image of Trump with his first raised, standing in front of an American flag.

.....I should probably emphasize that this is not a joke. The report is not satire. This is not intended to make the administration look foolish for the sake of comedy......

Putting aside questions of propriety, how would this be legal? The answer is, it might not be. The New York Times reported:

The Treasury is authorized to mint the coins for a year, according to the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020. The coins must have ‘designs emblematic of the U.S. semiquincentennial,’ the legislation says. It is not clear that Mr. Trump’s image can be featured on a coin. An 1866 law enshrined a tradition that only deceased people could appear on U.S. currency to avoid the appearance that America was a monarchy.

Let’s also not overlook the fact that the Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020 also states, “No head and shoulders portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included in the design on the reverse of any coin under subsections (x), (y), and (z).”

I wish that this was satire.