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(165,238 posts) Tue Dec 9, 2025, 05:35 PM Dec 9

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

Source: The Independent

Tuesday 09 December 2025 11:15 EST

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.

“No United States currency may feature the likeness of a living or sitting President,” the bill states.

Merkley compared Trump to global autocrats for his attempt to get his face on a coin. “President Trump’s self-celebrating maneuvers are authoritarian actions worthy of dictators like North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, not the United States of America,” the Oregon senator told Punchbowl News.

Read more: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/democrats-ban-trump-coin-congress-b2881005.html

Link to Sen. Merkley PRESS RELEASE - Merkley, Cortez Masto Lead New Bill to Block Donald Trump from Putting His Face on Dollar Coin

Link to BILL (PDF) - https://www.merkley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/Change-Corruption-Act.pdf

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Democrats push to ban Trump's plan to put himself on a new $1 coin (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Dec 9 OP

OMG is such a sick person mysteryowl Dec 9 #1

Isn't there a requirement that Presidents be pwb Dec 9 #2

Anybody. Not just presidents. cloudbase Dec 9 #4

pair this up with reports of his imminent health issues and... Hieronymus Phact Dec 9 #8

I thought so too, but then why bother with this bill if that's already the law? Polybius Dec 9 #13

Gee, who could have seen this coming? orangecrush Dec 9 #3

The ugly coin will be collectible. angryxyouth Dec 9 #5

I'd rather we not have any faces at all and instead just a large fancy $1 on one side and on the other just the words cstanleytech Dec 9 #6

This is what monarchies do. Dump is just a wannabe king. Eugene Dec 9 #7

Hasn't the dollar suffered enough? twodogsbarking Dec 9 #9

Got rid of the penny and replaced it with a dollar worth nothing. twodogsbarking Dec 9 #10

Yes let's put more convicted felons and adjudicated rapists on coinage BOSSHOG Dec 9 #11

Isn't it already policy angrychair Dec 9 #12

Nobody likes the dollar coin. Nobody likes trump. Together, they will fail. Wonder Why Dec 9 #14

Make the one dollar coin the size of a penny. phxjurist Dec 9 #15

This kind of malignant narcissism and ego-maniacism needs to be studied. Initech Dec 10 #16

Assuming the world survives, there will be entire courses devoted niyad Dec 10 #19

Tell him it will be released as soon as he's dead. ChicagoTeamster Dec 10 #17

I have absolutely no problem witth his face on A coin (singular). niyad Dec 10 #18

mysteryowl

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1. OMG is such a sick person