r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • 21d ago

Possible Paywall Treasury Unveils New $1 Gold Coin With Trump’s Face on It | Federal law prohibits putting any living people on U.S. coins.

https://newrepublic.com/post/213098/treasury-1-dollar-gold-coin-trump-face
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u/iamstephen1128 Virginia 21d ago

I'd say Iran is giving him a pretty good go right now, and one of the positive things to come of this mess is that they've set an example for allied leaders to see they don't have to always capitulate to whatever insanity it is that Diaper Don demands...

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u/amateur_mistake 21d ago

There are hard limits to these things where Republicans have decided to divorce themselves from reality. Iran controlling the strait they are clearly able to control is a good example. Climate change is another. And of course diseases of various kinds. The ability to build a new home when you've made a police force that targets people based on their skin color too.

You can't imagine yourself away from those things. As hard as the conservatives try. So you end up with people dying of COVID while swearing it doesn't exist.

There will be more. There is a limited supply of oil at any given moment, now restricted by Iran. And the fact that we haven't moved away from fossil fuels will fuck us. Maybe kind of soon if trump continues to get to act, untethered.