Trump has started putting images of his own properties on presidential challenge coins

[highplainsdem]

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/24/us/politics/trump-challenge-coins.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes

His presidency has yielded more — and more elaborate — coins that are shinier, flashier and even bigger, setting off a boom for coin manufacturers, counterfeiters and collectors, with one official Trump challenge coin recently fetching $1,000 on eBay.

Among those produced in recent months by members of a White House military unit is a coin featuring Mr. Trump’s private Florida club, Mar-a-Lago, on the front, and the presidential seal, the White House and Air Force One on the back. Another has Pope Francis on one side and the president’s face set against the White House on the other.

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And those watchdogs warn that coins featuring Mr. Trump’s properties, such as Mar-a-Lago, should not be produced using government resources — including funds, work hours or even phone calls and emails — since federal ethics laws prohibit the use of public resources to promote private businesses.

The Mar-a-Lago coins are akin to “a metallic tourist brochure,” said Norman L. Eisen, a former ethics lawyer in President Barack Obama’s White House and the chairman of a watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

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After The New York Times inquired about the coins, agency personnel abruptly canceled plans for a coin featuring the president’s signature Trump Tower in Manhattan and his golf course in Bedminster, N.J.

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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Hail to the Chump......

It doesn't get any more deplorable than that.

[smirkymonkey]

2. I laugh at the suckers who buy these tacky coins.

How much do they pay for them? They are nothing but junk and will never appreciate in value.

[lpbk2713]

3. No class. No sense of dignity for the office of President.

How long before the rotunda houses a Trump memorabilia gift shop?

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

4. Who's going to actually try to pursue any sort of legal recourse against this?

Sure, it's unethical and possibly illegal, but will he GOP in Congress actually do anything?

[Trek4Truth]

5. OMG these are sooooooo cute and adorable...what is the problem here? Granted my Make America

Kittens Again plug in is working overtime but really I recommend it to everybody.

[Golden Raisin]

6. Manufactured in the good old USA or elsewhere?

I mention this (ironically) because on my last visit to the Statue of Liberty Gift Shop in NYC I noticed that virtually every souvenir on display was "Made in China" or elsewhere.

[MagickMuffin]

7. My EYES, My EYES

Gawd those are f'ugly!

And they look amazingly cheap. Cheap enough for his base!

[world wide wally]

8. I'm honestly surprised he isn't selling lemonade at the WH gate for $15 per cup.

[magicarpet]

9. A trDump Brand kiosk and an Ivanka Brand Kiosk in....

...... every front lobby of a US Post Office would be a nice touch. That way if people needed a quick Birthday, Valentine's Day, Mother's or Father's Day or Christmas gift they could pick out a trDump branded item at the Postal trDump Gift Kiosk and mail it along with the appropriate holiday card.

This could be a real boon for Donny and Ivanka trDump branded items and might prove very profitable for them. The Office of the presi-duncey should be advertised and marketed like candy bars and soda pop.

[dixiegrrrrl]

10. presi-duncey

damn, why did I not think of that before.

stealing.....

[ck4829]

11. Taste the crazy