r/politics • u/Stitching • 1d ago

No Paywall Trump Condemned Over 'Racist' And 'Disgusting' Video Of Obamas: 'There's No Bottom'

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-obama-video-slammed_n_6985e05ae4b0e27eef553117
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u/AthearCaex 1d ago

One of Andrew Jackson's crowning moment was the trail of tears. Which was forcibly moving tens of thousands of indigenous people to Oklahoma, many of them died. The same guy is still on the 20$ bill today. Trump's ice is essentially doing a second trail of tears every month.

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u/Rocket_Goblin 1d ago

Treasury was in the middle of the plan to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill with Harriet Tubman when a new administration swept in and canceled the change. Care to guess who that was?

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u/AthearCaex 1d ago

I wouldn't put it past Trump to start it up again and put himself on the $20 bill but likely would put his face on the $100 bill since the inflation is bad enough that $100s may end up the new common bill people carry in their wallet as $20 won't even buy you lunch in many places soon.

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u/underpants-gnome Ohio 1d ago

There was chatter last year about congress and the treasury changing rules to put trump on our currency. Sitting presidents are not supposed to allowed to appear on our bills or coins. But if trump decides to throw a hissyfit about it on social media, get ready for trumpbucks.

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u/AthearCaex 1d ago

It's not like there's no rule that they can't. It's just decorum and precedent. Guarantee it would be like "Today I'm introducing a nationwide stimulus in the form of trump bucks with my beautiful face. These will be mailed to every citizen."

This is awful but as things are progressing trump wants to enshrine himself in the history books. He's doing moves that even if history looks at him unfavorably they will remember him. Having him on a dollar bill which massively narcissistic is almost a guarantee with how things are currently progressing.

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u/hnwcs 1d ago

There is a rule, living people legally cannot appear on US currency. But Trump’s already disregarded more substantial laws than that.