Trump Orders End to Penny Production Over High Costs
- President Donald Trump has ordered the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies due to rising production costs.
- The production of one penny costs more than two cents, according to President Trump.
- The U.S. Mint reported a loss of $85.3 million in the 2024 fiscal year on penny production.
- A cost-cutting initiative led by Elon Musk highlighted the expense of producing pennies in a post on X.
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Donald Trump's penny proposal would eliminate 1 in 2 coins minted in the U.S.—but nickels are the real villains
The president says he’s killed off production of money-losing pennies, but nickels cost even more money to make—and we'd need more of them without pennies.
Treasury Throwing Away Money Before it's Even Produced
There’s one really simple step to save taxpayer money that anyone could have done for years but nobody did until now. President Donald Trump angers Democrats seven days a week, even on his way to the Superbowl. When pennies cost more to make than they’re worth, why are we still making them? That’s what a real president demands to know. We won’t be making them any longer. Nickles might be phased out next. Throwing money away The United States Tre…
Trump Nixes New Pennies to Save Millions
Does it make sense to get rid of cents? President Donald Trump ordered U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent to stop the production of new pennies on Monday as part of his campaign against government waste, citing the penny’s production cost, which exceeds its value. [RELATED: How the U.S. Treasury Department Helps Chinese Organized [...] The post Trump Nixes New Pennies to Save Millions appeared first on The Maine Wire.
Donald Trump wastes no time identifying his next enemy: the American penny
Since becoming President, Donald Trump has gone after everything from the trans community to USAID, and now he’s taking aim at… the penny? I’d say I’m surprised by this development, but so many shocking things have happened since Trump forgot to place his hand on that Bible that an attack on a coin somehow feels like his least controversial presidential maneuver. Anyway, the president announced on Sunday that he had instructed Treasury Secretary…
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