President Trump ordered the Treasury Department to stop making new pennies because the government loses money on them, he said Sunday night. Trump’s authority on the issue is questionable, as only Congress has the power to make currency changes under the Constitution.

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 said he wants to end the production of pennies, calling them “wasteful.” Each coin costs more than 3 cents to produce.