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2. Democrats push to ban Trump's plan to put himself on a new $1 coin

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Fri Dec 12, 2025, 09:32 PM

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/democrats-ban-trump-coin-congress-b2881005.html

Democrats push to ban Trump’s plan to put himself on a new $1 coin

Trump’s self-celebrating maneuvers are authoritarian actions worthy of dictators like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, not the United States of America,” one Senate Democrat said

Brendan Rascius
in New York
Tuesday 09 December 2025 16:15 GMT

A group of Senate Democrats have put forward legislation that would prevent the government from minting coins featuring the likeness of President Donald Trump.

The bill, called the Change Corruption Act, was introduced by senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada Tuesday, Punchbowl News reported. Co-sponsors include lawmakers, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ron Wyden of Oregon.

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There are already U.S. laws which seem to prevent living presidents from appearing on American currency.

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Make me puke, I'll never use cash again. dem4decades Friday #1

Democrats push to ban Trump's plan to put himself on a new $1 coin cbabe Friday #2

Catch-22 IbogaProject Friday #15

Can he do this? Oh, that's right. He can do whatever he wants! LuckyLib Friday #3

What's on the reverse? Frasier Balzov Friday #4

A Outhouse... Dan Friday #5

He has reached the corrupt Roman emperor stage DBoon Friday #6

Looks like Bluto from Animal House in toga party garb EYESORE 9001 Saturday #17

And then he'll replace the Statue of Freedom on the Capitol with the Statue of Trump dalton99a Friday #7

Oh HELL no! MIButterfly Friday #8

Goody! MurrayDelph Friday #9

Even without his face those are fugly designs. Maru Kitteh Friday #10

Two words: HOBO NICKELS !! eppur_se_muova Friday #11

I'm gonna get a bunch of these and drill a hole right between the eyes! Jack Valentino Friday #12

I thought one had to be dead gab13by13 Friday #13

I think this will go about as well as we all think Johonny Friday #14

And there it is, looking for a low time commit business endeavor FHRRK Friday #16

MAKE IT STOP!! Totally Tunsie Saturday #18

You'd think that Trump would include just one Democrat on a coin, no_hypocrisy Saturday #19

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