It’s no secret that President Trump is planning to blanket the nation’s capital with monuments to himself designed to last long after he shuffles off this mortal coil. He’s already added his name to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, even though he isn’t dead, and to the U.S. Institute of Peace, even though he’s fired everyone who worked there, and is waging war and overthrowing governments. Trump has redecorated much of the White House, and his eyes are now reportedly set on turning the Treaty Room into a guest bedroom with an en suite bathroom. He tore down the East Wing to make room for a massive ballroom, and he has submitted plans to build a giant Triumphal Arch.
All of these will be remembered as Donald Trump’s tributes to himself. But his latest scheme is even more brazen: He will soon appear on American currency. The U.S. Mint will distribute large commemorative $1 gold coins bearing Trump’s face, ostensibly to celebrate the nation’s 250th birthday, and there’s talk of putting him on the dime as well. On Thursday it was reported that his signature will appear on all paper currency going forward.
