Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost

apnews.com Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.

President Donald Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.

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Trump says he has directed Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing cost

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This is a good idea, but it feels nefarious given the context. Assuming it's on the level, do nickels, too. Let's just round to 1 decimal place.
- Maybe not nefarious, since it's been a public idea for decades. He does like to put forward those ideas like he's the one that thought of it. This one's a net positive so let's just let him play with the unplugged controller on this one.
  Unless it turns out he and/or Elon bought something with copper. Which wouldn't surprise me.
- Reverse split the Dollar?