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# Psst, it’s a cult
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/psst-its-a-cult/
- Published: 2025-10-14T16:07:45.000Z
- Updated: 2025-10-14T16:07:44.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Politics

Kit Maher writing for CNN: [$1 Trump Coin Draft Is ‘Real,’ US Treasurer Says](https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/03/business/trump-coin-treasurer-250-anniversary?ref=birchtree.me)

> “No fake news here,” US Treasurer Brandon Beach [post on X](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FTreasurerBeach%2Fstatus%2F1974156375891804229&data=05%7C02%7Cdavid.goldman%40cnn.com%7C57fe5a7ae5684e30400208de02c19de7%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638951227788360797%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8QV%2FEbxHQ0bGX4t6jIPetGQ5h%2BvcMnaF9AY6PXl90T4%3D&reserved=0&ref=birchtree.me) in response to images of the coin on X. “These first drafts honoring America’s 250th Birthday and [@POTUS](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2FPOTUS&data=05%7C02%7Cdavid.goldman%40cnn.com%7C57fe5a7ae5684e30400208de02c19de7%7C0eb48825e8714459bc72d0ecd68f1f39%7C0%7C0%7C638951227788394987%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AVyFtfmMDPP0H8S16a0toiTtaBzMQZTraFn8hRTkhTs%3D&reserved=0&ref=birchtree.me) are real. Looking forward to sharing more soon, once the obstructionist shutdown of the United States government is over.”

But is it legal?

> It’s not clear the controversial coin design will be minted: It’s against US law to display the image of a sitting president or living former president. A president may be featured on a coin [no sooner than two years following the president’s death](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/31/5112?ref=birchtree.me).

I'll stop saying the Republican party is a cult once they stop acting like it.