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According to the United States Code, which has a special section for commemorative coins: “No coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President, or of any deceased former President during the 2-year period following the date of the death of that President.”

Archive article: https://archive.is/28sTn

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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 45 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

Even the Nazis never put Hitler on a coin, and they were in power issuing 'reichsmarks' with swastikas on them for ~13 years, supposedly Hitler said he should not appear on coins until they had won the war.

So this is real 'glorious leader' energy akin to North Korea.

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 19 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Fucking hell I’m in a world where Hitler was demonstrably less of an egomaniac than the president of the United States

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 9 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I am guessing it is because he actually participated in warfare with his own flesh. That sort of thing makes it clear what happens if things go badly. The likes of Trump never truly experienced the possibility of dying horribly.*

That is probably a good thing in our situation: however aggressive they may be, MAGATs are not hardened by suffering and mutual bloodshed. In a war, it will be easier to break their spirit. Unlike minorities, they haven't undergone genuine abuse. Be it black, autistic, or trans, the good guys knows what it means to lose to fascists, because they had to live with evil people who tried to strip away their humanity.

*That assassination attempt probably didn't really register. I have the impression that age has made Trump's brain into a soup that cannot learn.

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