Opinion
Making pennies is a money-loser. Making nickels is worse.
Why President Donald Trump chose the middle of the Super Bowl to announce that his administration would stop producing pennies is anyone’s guess. But so he did, declaring at around 9:30 on Sunday evening that he was ordering the Treasury Department (which runs the U.S. Mint) to halt the manufacture of the copper-colored coins.
President Trump has ordered the government to stop making pennies, calling the coins "wasteful." Would Arizona, a ...
President Trump said he wants the U.S. Treasury to stop making pennies. Can he do a penny drop? Does it need Congressional ...
“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump ...
President Donald Trump ordered a halt in penny production to cut "wasteful" government spending, saying the coin costs more to make than it's worth.
Can he do that? It’s not clear. But President Trump is right when he says that pennies “literally cost us more than 2 cents.” ...
President Donald Trump says he has ordered the US Mint to stop making pennies, which he correctly says cost more than one cent to produce.
It's not clear if Trump has the power to simply do away with the penny. The Constitution gives Congress control of currency ...
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