4d ago

Bessent Unveils Illegal Plan to Put Trump’s Face on U.S. Coins

www.thedailybeast.com

According to the United States Code, which has a special section for commemorative coins: “No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President.”

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It's clearly illegal and they can't issue it. This is Bessent's attempt at trying to suck Trump.
- it's clearly illegal and they can't issue it ... so, 100% they will mint it and be issuing it
  
  It's done, and it'll be in stores tomorrow!
- Well, you know, Bessent could be calling for Trump's death, in order to be able to legally put his face on coins in two years during what would be Vance's acting term.
  
  Um Ackshually, if Vance becomes President because Trump bites the big one (or resigns), then Vance becomes the actual, not acting, 48th President, for reals.
  It's only if Vance becomes President due to the 25th Amendment that he gets to be "acting President".
- Laws against things are just Trump's todo list
- It's only illegal if Trump is alive when they do it. Maybe they know something we don't?
  
  +2 years after death.
  So they're running out of time to push that through this term
- Lol cute.
- You seem to have mistaken dumpy for someone who respects laws. Big mistake.
Even the Nazis never put Hitler on a coin, and they were in power issuing 'reichsmarks' with swastikas on them for ~13 years, supposedly Hitler said he should not appear on coins until they had won the war.
So this is real 'glorious leader' energy akin to North Korea.
- Fucking hell I’m in a world where Hitler was demonstrably less of an egomaniac than the president of the United States
  
  I am guessing it is because he actually participated in warfare with his own flesh. That sort of thing makes it clear what happens if things go badly. The likes of Trump never truly experienced the possibility of dying horribly.*
  That is probably a good thing in our situation: however aggressive they may be, MAGATs are not hardened by suffering and mutual bloodshed. In a war, it will be easier to break their spirit. Unlike minorities, they haven't undergone genuine abuse. Be it black, autistic, or trans, the good guys knows what it means to lose to fascists, because they had to live with evil people who tried to strip away their humanity.
  *That assassination attempt probably didn't really register. I have the impression that age has made Trump's brain into a soup that cannot learn.
- even north korean money doesn't have images of the currently living glorious leader on them
1776-2026... They plan the total collapse of the country next year?
- Under the Dark Enlightenment philosophy adopted by Trump’s financial backers, they do indeed plan the destruction of the US.
- Yea wtf is that about?
  
  I'm guessing it's because of the 250th birthday celebration but the total collapse sounds very likely.
And I get banned for 3 days from Reddit for saying Trump is enslaving and breaking down America? That's crazy.
- I got a 6 day ban for saying "My grandpa got a medal for beating up Nazis" its what made me find this app.
- Reddit is complicit
- Reddit admins are pedo apologists and Nazi sympathizers 🤗
  Welcome to the saner side of the internet
- I got permanently banned for commenting, "He should have spray painted a swastika instead" in response to a photo of a guy spray-painting USA on a presidential plaque. Apparently that comment was "inciting violence."
- Welcome to Lemmy.
Can there be a clearer sign of the degeneration of the “full faith and credit” of the United States than embossing the currency with the likeness of a man who is famous for stiffing creditors and contractors for his entire career?
- My take is that the USD is headed for a crash. Like Erdogan cratered the Lira when he took control of interest rates, which lead to huge inflation. But unlike Turkiye, the USD is a global reserve currency and all hell will break loose if panic selling ensues.
They can do this if he's dead, better get to work Bessent
"How soon can you get these out to the public?"
"With some luck, should be able to start circulation in two years"
So many ass pennies
- Ass Pennies
Fixed the design, it's more natural now.
Guess I'll need to get an engraver so I can add lil swastikas and Hitler mustaches.
- That would be a nice thing to do. And beyond the cost of the engraver, it could be free almost. Just buy the coins modify them and uae them as part of your normal spending to get them back into circulation.
  It worked for Where’s George. Coins don’t have serial numbers, though. There must be some way to put a unique identifier on each coin to gamify the fun
My guess is that he's saying this to suck up to Trump, even though he knows he can't do it. And that Trump Inc will make "commemorative" coins and sell them at inflated prices to MAGA idiots who will believe they're real coins and try to spend them sometime in the future.
Well if trump dies within the next year then he can get all the commemorative coins and statues and memorials that he so badly wants. He just can’t visit them, physically…
According to the United States Code, which has a special section for commemorative coins
Great! Just put him on a regular-issue coin. Problem solved!
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In the Untied States, isn't the rule that you have to die before your face is on coins? So, is this a death threat against Trump?
Looks like gold plated but knowing this grifter it'd be cheap yellow paint that'll flake off.
OMG! Does Treasury Secretary Bessent know something is going happening to the president to allow the law, as it stands today, legally to put trump on a coin?! Shouldn't the Secret Service be talking to Bessent?
They are SO goddamn dumb. His supporters I mean.
any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President
we're still in time for a trump coin in 2027, though, and in this way it wouldn't need to have an engraving of a failed assassination on the back
I'm sure they'll be cheaply made so I could drill a hole in them and use them as washers. At least they'll be useful then.
Hail Caesar!
Turn them into arrow heads and send them back
So if he dies now, he could have his coin before Vance's term ends...
Gonna be so much defacing of these things...
So are they expecting him to have a heart attack soon?
- Frankly i was expecting it before he got elected the first time
Ew
proper title
- Its also illegal to rape people - including children.
  But who is the current president?

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