The Donald Trump administration is reportedly making plans to mint a one dollar coin featuring an image of Trump. This is something that rarely happens, and Congress has specific laws that prevent living people — presidents or not — from being featured on currency. So this new move understandably caused increasing concern over whether this is yet another Trump bend into authoritarianism.
The proposed coin has an image of Trump holding his fist up on the front, with an inscription at the edge of the coin reading FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT. The draft design also has a profile of the president on the back, commemorating 250 years of US history with the inscription ‘1776-2026,’ and also inscribed IN GOD WE TRUST. This aligns with pretty much every Trump-aligned merch out there; from fragrances to memecoins — and there’s also the fact that his Truth Social account is a haven for misinformation under the guise of “trolling,” so the first glimpse of this could understandably be met with doubt.
