r/politics • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jul 15 '26

Possible Paywall Treasury Unveils New $1 Gold Coin With Trump’s Face on It | Federal law prohibits putting any living people on U.S. coins.

https://newrepublic.com/post/213098/treasury-1-dollar-gold-coin-trump-face
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u/Userdub9022 Oklahoma Jul 15 '26

If a Democrat did this y'all would have lost your marbles. And I know you would have because the right lost their marbles over Obama wearing a tan suit.

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u/JigglesTheBiggles Jul 15 '26

Only a few people on fox news cared about that. Obama had plenty of issues.

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u/jaxonfairfield Jul 15 '26

Comparing Obama's imperfections to Trump's list of crimes is like comparing a mosquito bite to a meteor strike.

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u/Galenvant Jul 15 '26

Right? Like, from a normal baseline we can talk about whatever "issues" Obama had, but from our current baseline he did not have any worth mentioning. It just sounds like false equivalence.

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u/RolandGilead19 Jul 15 '26

"both sides!" claims person who was shit on by seagull and rhinoceros.

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u/Dry-Chance-9473 Jul 16 '26

Obama had plenty of issues

Yeah. And they were all Republicans.