American money should have no king
When you look at coins from the English Commonwealth, you’ll see a picture of King Charles. Be it England, Canada, New Zealand, Australia or a dozen other countries, the point is to remind everybody who is currently the king. Traditionally, the current ruler of England goes on these coins.
When the United States overthrew British rule, it established a tradition that the coinage would not feature living people or current presidents. Abraham Lincoln was the first actual person to appear on a U.S. coin and that was over 40 years after his death.
The Trump administration is planning on defying this American tradition and minting a Trump dollar for 2026. This would be an actual U.S. silver coin produced by the government, not a meme-coin conjured out of the ether.
The power to coin money lies with Congress. We should urge our Congressional delegation support the bill introduced by Senators Merkley and Cortez-Masto to prevent production of this self-aggrandizing money.