Trump sparks outrage with 'creepy' 24K gold coin design for America's 250th birthday

[LetMyPeopleVote]

These coins are illegal unless trump is dead

President Donald Trump's administration sparked outrage on Thursday after it unveiled a "creepy" and "illegal" design for a 24K gold coin to commemorate America's 250th birthday.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-20T15:05:16Z

President Donald Trump's administration sparked outrage on Thursday after it unveiled a "creepy" and "illegal" design for a 24K gold coin to commemorate America's 250th birthday.

— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-03-20T15:05:16Z

President Donald Trump's administration sparked outrage on Thursday after it unveiled a "creepy" and "illegal" design for a 24K gold coin to commemorate America's 250th birthday.

The Commission of Fine Arts approved a coin design featuring Trump hunched over, his fists on a desk. It also features a slender-looking characterization of Trump and 13 stars to represent the 13 original colonies. The commission’s vice chair, James McCrery, said the coin should be "as large as possible," CNN reported.

“I motion to approve this as presented, and with the strong encouragement that you make it as large as possible, all the way to three inches in diameter,” McCrery said.....

"This. Is. Literally. Illegal," Marine veteran Jay Mallow posted on X.

"No remote historical basis for this cultish usurpation and personalization of a national celebration unrelated to Voldemort. Absurd," author Dr. Oswald Sobrino posted on X.

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. The message from that coin is "Me! Me!! Me!!!".

That man has an ego that you couldn't stuff into a railroad car.

The fact it's illegal makes me smile.

[SheltieLover]

2. 🙏 May St. Orrex of Perpetual Hope's dream come true! 🙏

[greatauntoftriplets]

3. Prison is a good option too.

Even if we have to wait a bit longer for Orrex's dream to come true.

[Vinca]

4. I heard a report that they are legal because they are commemorative coins, not coins you can spend. That said,

the image of Trump is ludicrous. He's got his tiny hands pushing down and it looks like he's filling his pants. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[Brother Buzz]

5. Is there a dog whistle going on with the hands?

[Drum]

6. Knuckle walking...

[303squadron]

7. The engravers who do hobo nickels

Will have a field day with this. I mean, seriously, get ready for some obscene defacing.

[DET]

8. Obscene

Beyond the fact that the person depicted doesn’t even look like him (except for the schlumpy suit and baby soft hands) no one wants to celebrate an important milestone in our country’s history with the wannabe dictator’s scowling visage attempting to intimidate anyone who sees it. With the word ‘Liberty’ above him, no less. This hideous thing is a commemoration of Trump, not America.

[La Coliniere]

9. An effing momento of our effing nightmare years.

Great! When will the madness end? I know, midterms…we can only hope.

[Rebl2]

10. 🤮🤮🤮

[tetedur]

11. When I saw the image of Trump's knuckles on the desk, I thought of House of Cards with

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Kevin Spacey. The character Francis Underwood would hit the desk with his ring.

He tries so hard to be intimidating and ominous. Who else depicted on coins made an effort to look so mean?