On Presidential Coin, Trump Replaces "E Pluribus Unum" With "Make America Great Again"
The presidential challenge coin is now Trumpified.
The commander in chief took a hands-on role in the redesign of the challenge coin, a medallion that presidents hand out as mementos, according to reports.
The new presidential hardware screams Trump. The coin is shiny and gold — a change from the drab, brass-colored look of coins issued by his predecessors, like the one from former President Barack Obama.
The US motto, “E pluribus unum,” has been replaced by Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again.”
In addition, the coins are no longer round. Instead, they have a “Donald J. Trump” banner on the bottom edge.
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"What's big and shiny and gold and features Donald J. Trump 's name splashed across the front? No, it's not a new development on the West Side of Manhattan. It's the redesigned presidential challenge coin.
A custom dating back 20 years, presidential challenge coins have traditionally been handed out to service members in commemoration of special achievements and milestones. President Trump 's coin, which many saw on Friday for the first time, is unmistakably different from its predecessors.
Gone is the national motto, E pluribus unum, meaning "out of many, one." In its place appears the president's campaign slogan, "Make America Great Again," which the administration has also used on official White House documents.
The traditional presidential seal has been replaced by an eagle looking rightward, with President Trump 's signature beneath it. Instead of holding the customary 13 arrows representing the original states, or an olive branch, the eagle is perched behind a red, white and blue shield, with 13 stars around its wings.
Many social media users expressed outrage, calling the coin "tacky" and a disgrace.
President Barack Obama's coin, in contrast, had the presidential seal on the front and was smaller in both circumference and thickness. His name appeared on the back of the coin, above a depiction of the White House with his signature below it.
President George W. Bush's coin had the presidential seal on the front and the White House on the flip side, with his name above it. It had no signature and was a similar size to President Obama's.
The White House and the Republican National Committee, which said on Friday that it was paying for the coin, did not respond to emails seeking comment, but The Washington Post reported that the coin may soon be handed out to supporters and campaign donors in addition to military service members."
Trump removes the immigration implication of "out of many , one" , and replaces it with his own slogan that is symbolic of his trampling of American norms.
Just another disgrace in a long line of them.
Unbelievable. Merry Christmas JR, thank-you for your tireless efforts on behalf of sanity.
Merry Christmas
Models display the new daily uniform of the White House Secret Service detail
Trump personally selected the design from the Junior Dictator's Accessory Catalog.
Not bad but I was hoping he would have picked this one.
That's the flip side of the coin I pictured. How did you know?
Trump supporters
It was the first. Now that evolution has taken place, all the internal organs of the cranium have withered away and it' now much smaller.
He needs to take those coins, lube em up and shove them where the sun doesn't shine.
Awwww...triggered by a coin
#Resist folks seem to be triggered by the silliest things.
Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous New Year, bugsy!
You also, Jasper. Thank you for the kind wishes.
I recently proudly bought these Trump Presidential coins for myself and gifts to family members
This is just another much ado about nothing anti-Trumper obsession.
Wow, John. First it is a signature and hours of staring at it to find a word to demean the someone that triggers you, now it is a coin that only a very few select people will receive that apparently has sent you over the edge.
What's going to happen if this person becomes President? Oh, wait...we already know.