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(129,874 posts) Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:44 AM Dec 11

Trump Scraps Plan to Mint 'Woke' Quarters

Trump Scraps Plan to Mint ‘Woke’ Quarters

December 11, 2025 at 10:18 am EST By Taegan Goddard 27 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/11/trump-scraps-plan-to-mint-woke-quarters/

“The Trump administration jettisoned a plan to honor the abolition of slavery, women’s suffrage and the civil-rights movement on quarters for the nation’s 250th birthday,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Those themes were part of a proposed five-quarter special series that went through years of debate and design but was never officially announced by the U.S. Mint. They were replaced with images inspired by the Mayflower Compact, the Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address.”