Trump Finds a New Way to Force Us to Stare at His Face
It’s no surprise to learn that the Fine Arts Commission, one of the few federal art commissions that Elon Musk hasn’t taken the time to gut, is filled entirely with Trump appointees. These include Roger Kimball, whose “commentary” about Trump has been impressively subservient for years, as well as one of Trump’s former aides, a 26-year-old named Chamberlain Harris, on trial in court. Job have “no notable artistic expertise”.
But it was another committee member, James McCrery II, who earned the title of biggest Trump Bootlicker by apparently spearheading the effort to approve the coin. McCrery told his fellow currency officials that Treasury officials should print the coin “as large as possible, up to three inches in diameter.”
Fortunately, the American people might be spared from having a physical Trump coin in their lives, as the bipartisan Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, or CCAC, must also approve the design before it can be sent to the U.S. Mint — and that committee rejected the coin last month. Although Trump could theoretically try to produce the play anyway, he “would likely face legal action,” according to the Job.
