Making change: Trump tells US Treasury to stop making pennies. What if we drop the penny?
President Trump said he wants the U.S. Treasury to stop making pennies. Can he do a penny drop? Does it need Congressional approval? What we know.
Trump directs the U.S. Treasury to stop minting pennies
President Trump says he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.
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President Donald Trump tells Treasury Department to stop making pennies
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Trump says he ordered Treasury Department to stop producing new pennies
President Donald Trump said he wants to end the production of pennies, calling them “wasteful.” Each coin costs 3.7 cents to produce.
Trump says he has directed US Treasury to stop minting new pennies, citing rising cost
For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents. This is so wasteful!” Trump wrote in a post Sunday night on his Truth Social site.
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This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies," Trump wrote. "Let's rip the waste out of our great nation's budget, even if it's a penny at a time,
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Trump said he wants the Treasury Department to stop minting pennies because of their high manufacturing costs.
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