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.
End of the penny? Trump tells Treasury to stop minting the coin
Over the weekend, President Trump ordered the U.S. Treasury to stop minting pennies, citing wastefulness. The price of producing a single penny continues to rise, and it now costs almost 3.7 cents to produce a penny,
Trump takes aim at the penny, says he’s told the US Treasury to stop making them
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Trump instructs Treasury to halt penny production
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that he has instructed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt the production of pennies, citing the high cost of producing one cent.
Trump directs Treasury to stop minting pennies
President Donald Trump late Sunday said he has directed the secretary of the Treasury to stop producing new pennies.
Trump says he's instructed the Treasury to stop making new pennies
"Let's rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it's a penny at a time," Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.
President Donald Trump tells Treasury Department to stop making pennies
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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.
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.
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