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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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

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return2ozma@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days 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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    31 U.S. Code 5112 says “No coin issued may bear the image of a living former or current President,”

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      So, Trump just needs to die and it will be legal?

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      Literally, who’s going to stop them?

      There’s so much stuff that’s absolutely illegal happening and nobody is stopping them. Being illegal or not is irrelevant if no one enforces it.

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        A lot of things are being held up by the courts, many things have been reversed by the courts, but yes they probably feel invincible at the moment.

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

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

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        God damn XOR

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        deleted by creator

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      Amendment incoming!

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      Then they’ll have to mint coins of Reagan.

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      Thank you!

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      Nah man, spoilers!

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        FR after I posted this I saw a headline saying Trump started slurring speech and disappeared for days.

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