{"id":252378,"date":"2026-07-17T15:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/does-donald-trump-1-coin-violate-federal-laws\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:02:17","slug":"does-donald-trump-1-coin-violate-federal-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/does-donald-trump-1-coin-violate-federal-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Donald Trump $1 Coin Violate Federal Laws?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/donald-trump-painted-reflecting-pool-algae-conspiracy-theories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">greening of the Reflecting Pool<\/a>. Slapping his name onto the Kennedy Center. The partial demolition of the White House. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/josh-hokit-slanders-michelle-obama-white-house-ufc-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The fighting arena<\/a> on the White House lawn. <\/p>\n<p>Even his face on some people\u2019s passports!<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s latest tribute to himself is in on American <em>money<\/em>. And no, we don\u2019t just mean skyrocketing prices.<\/p>\n<p>The commemorative token is a vanity $1 gold coin featuring his face, ostensibly to celebrate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/06\/donald-trump-calls-to-cancel-america-250-concert-following-performer-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">250 years of America<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Donald Trump in his hideously decorated Oval Office.\" class=\"wp-image-559232 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0717_donaldtrump_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Donald Trump looks on during a bilateral meeting in the Oval Office on July 14, 2026.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-your-sleep-paralysis-demon-s-favorite-coin-is-coming-out-soon\">Your sleep paralysis demon\u2019s favorite coin is coming out soon<\/h2>\n<p>This week, the Trump regime unveiled the final design for what is supposedly an America 250 commemorative token.<\/p>\n<p>It is a $1 gold coin, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/15\/trump-coin-us-mint-production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Guardian<\/a><\/em> details.<\/p>\n<p>One side is fairly straightforward, reading \u201cUnited States of America\u201d and \u201cOne Dollar\u201d around the Great Seal of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The other side bears an approximation of Trump\u2019s face, giving him more hair and less face-and-neck than the real thing.<\/p>\n<p>Next to his stern countenance it conspicuously reads \u201cIn God We Trust.\u201d That\u2019s on all money, Constitution be damned, but it\u2019s a little brazen when placed right beside Trump\u2019s approximate likeness.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mqokpzpepx2h\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreiacdvnz36ea6r4z6uzwxlvjjfiocw4sgnryfrsz6ddotdg5ebdtfq\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\">The US Mint will begin striking a  $1 gold coin featuring President Trump, announces Treasury Secretary Bessent. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc\/post\/3mqokpzpepx2h?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Herman (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@newsguy.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:v63y3emmbz5dlvzkejca2mcc\/post\/3mqokpzpepx2h?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 15, 2026 at 6:56 AM<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>There are, obviously, so many issues with this.<\/p>\n<p>The first has to be that no living President in United States history has been depicted on money in this manner while alive. It\u2019s also pretty <em>specifically <\/em>illegal.<\/p>\n<p>In 1866, the Thayer Amendment outlawed the appearance of any living person on \u201cthe bonds, securities, notes, or postal currency of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, there was a close call on a half-dollar coin in 1926, depicting then-President Calvin Coolidge alongside President George Washington. Coolidge was alive at the time, but it was a commemorative coin \u2014 seemingly an exception.<\/p>\n<p>In 2005, the Presidential $1 Coin Act specifically prohibited any coin from bearing \u201cthe image of a living former or current President.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thg-ytf\" data-ytid=\"TVWVI7oREuI\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TVWVI7oREuI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Bessent Unveils New $1 Gold Coin Featuring Trump\u2019s Face\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/TVWVI7oREuI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Bessent Unveils New $1 Gold Coin Featuring Trump\u2019s Face\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"lazyload\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video: Bessent Unveils New $1 Gold Coin Featuring Trump\u2019s Face\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"68\" height=\"48\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M66.5 7.7a8 8 0 0 0-5.6-5.7C56 .7 34 .7 34 .7s-22 0-26.9 1.3A8 8 0 0 0 1.5 7.7 83 83 0 0 0 .2 24a83 83 0 0 0 1.3 16.3 8 8 0 0 0 5.6 5.7C12 47.3 34 47.3 34 47.3s22 0 26.9-1.3a8 8 0 0 0 5.6-5.7A83 83 0 0 0 67.8 24a83 83 0 0 0-1.3-16.3z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M27 34l18-10-18-10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-won-t-someone-stop-him\">Won\u2019t someone stop him?<\/h2>\n<p>A couple of years ago, SCOTUS effectively declared that Trump was a king of sorts.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the conservative majority on the court have consistently ruled that Trump, specifically, has broad executive powers and is largely immune to prosecution for acts taken in office.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that Nixon was kind of right: in the eyes of these six individuals, if the president does it, it\u2019s <em>not <\/em>illegal.<\/p>\n<p>(Of course, this is the same crowd who said that Biden couldn\u2019t forgive student loans. These broad executive powers don\u2019t seem to apply to every POTUS.)<\/p>\n<p>We mention this to point out that Trump is doing this because he doesn\u2019t expect to get into any trouble for it. And his cronies are helping him for the same reason.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-9-16 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"thg-ytf\" data-ytid=\"zJJND0mdzEo\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/zJJND0mdzEo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s face will be minted on gold $1 coin\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/zJJND0mdzEo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s face will be minted on gold $1 coin\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"lazyload\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><button type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Play video: Trump\u2019s face will be minted on gold $1 coin\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"68\" height=\"48\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M66.5 7.7a8 8 0 0 0-5.6-5.7C56 .7 34 .7 34 .7s-22 0-26.9 1.3A8 8 0 0 0 1.5 7.7 83 83 0 0 0 .2 24a83 83 0 0 0 1.3 16.3 8 8 0 0 0 5.6 5.7C12 47.3 34 47.3 34 47.3s22 0 26.9-1.3a8 8 0 0 0 5.6-5.7A83 83 0 0 0 67.8 24a83 83 0 0 0-1.3-16.3z\" fill=\"#f00\"\/><path d=\"M27 34l18-10-18-10z\" fill=\"#fff\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>One funny tidbit about these hideous little tokens is that they are not, in fact, gold coins.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the initial concept, the revised version is merely gold-<em>finished<\/em>. Just like Trump\u2019s hideous redecoration of the Oval Office and other aspects of the still-standing portions of the White House.<\/p>\n<p>(To be fair, at the current value of gold, there would have been a rush to acquire these and then melt them down \u2014 however illegally \u2014 if they had been solid gold. Alas.)<\/p>\n<p>Like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/donald-trump-blames-vandals-reflecting-pool-greenwater-algae\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Reflecting Pool\u2019s Greenwater scandal<\/a>, this appears to be heavy-handed symbolism about Trump and his deleterious impact upon the United States in every way, shape, and form.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s likely that no one can stop him from printing all of the ugly gold-finished coins that he wants. Perhaps, as with the meme coin that he has pumped and dumped to ten-figure profits, his sycophants and stans will rush to collect them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/07\/donald-trump-coin-gold-finish-only-living-potus-face-on-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes The greening of the Reflecting Pool. Slapping his name onto the Kennedy Center. The partial demolition of the White House. The fighting arena on the White House lawn. Even his face on some people\u2019s passports! Donald Trump\u2019s latest tribute to himself is in on American money. And no, we don\u2019t just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}