Mastodawn

Trump's image on a gold coin? His hand-picked panel will decide on the idea that another federal committee has refused to consider.

A federal “arts” commission will weigh whether to approve a commemorative gold coin featuring #Trump on Thursday, the admin’s latest effort to celebrate the president, even as Democrats and members of another federal committee say the idea is deeply inappropriate & potentially #illegal.

#vanity #money
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/19/trump-gold-coin-arts-commission/

Trump’s hand-picked panel votes to put his face on a U.S. gold coin

The proposal had been rejected by members of a separate federal coin committee — and panned by former member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The Washington Post

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Nonilex

Disgusting

US Mint can begin producing #Trump gold #coin after arts commission approves design

A federal arts commission on Thursday approved the final design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing Trump’s image to help celebrate America’s 250th birthday on July 4.

The vote by the US Commission of “Fine Arts”, whose members were appointed by Trump earlier this year, was without objection. The coin’s size & denomination are still under discussion.

#narcissism
https://apnews.com/article/trump-gold-coin-250th-anniversary-8be387e70ae561c62e27552bf47fb430

US Mint can begin producing Trump commemorative coin

A federal arts commission has approved the design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin bearing President Donald Trump's image to celebrate America's 250th birthday. The vote Thursday by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts clears the way for the U.S. Mint to begin production. All the panel's members were appointed by the Republican president. Federal law bars living presidents from appearing on U.S. currency unless the Treasury secretary authorizes it in certain instances. The size and denomination of the coin haven't been decided, but some commissioners advocated for the largest size coin, which could run about 3 inches in diameter.

AP News

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tacnextgen 4d ago

@Nonilex If literally ANY other president did this, there would be unified condemnation. The United States is really broken right now.

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Rev Nathan Ⓥ↔️🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸🇬🇱3d ago

@tacnextgen @Nonilex @cainmark Obama wore a tan suit! = scandal

Living president has coins minted with his likeness = well, he’s going to bring gas prices down right after they continue to go through the roof

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HarriettMB 4d ago

@Nonilex I wonder how much the Trump coffers will benefit from this? Don’t they all have their faces and names trademarked? Also, really hope no fool buys one of these: they will probably be lead in a gold skin, like the tacky stuff infesting the White House currently.

oh FFS

@samiamsam @Nonilex Seemsthatis what is going on in my head all the time -
oh, FFS.

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FurballsNHairballs 3d ago

@Nonilex
If anything, make it worth 1 cent since he's a cheap bastard..

@Nonilex What next?

@Nonilex Three feet across, made from cheap gold-colored plastic.

My Head’s Exploding 🤯 💥3d ago

@Nonilex The denomination should be -$100. Anyone owning one automatically has $100 less than before owning. This would reflect what we ‘mere mortals’ are experiencing in #PresidentEpsteins real world.

#ReleaseTheTrumpEpsteinFiles