Tag: Scott Bessent

  • Why Trumps New One Dollar Coin Is Facing Legal Challenges

    Why Trumps New One Dollar Coin Is Facing Legal Challenges

    A new commemorative $1 coin celebrating America’s 250th anniversary has sparked one of the most unusual legal and political debates of Donald Trump’s second presidency. While the Treasury Department says the coin is a fitting tribute to the nation’s semiquincentennial, legal scholars and ethics experts argue that placing a sitting president’s portrait on official U.S.…

  • Palm Beach Airport Renamed for Trump, a First for a Sitting US President

    Palm Beach Airport Renamed for Trump, a First for a Sitting US President

    At 5:01 in the morning on Thursday, July 9, a Boeing 757 touched down on a runway in West Palm Beach, Florida. The aircraft belongs to the Trump Organization and carries the nickname Trump Force One. Eric Trump was aboard, and by the time the wheels met asphalt, the airport receiving him no longer bore…

  • Trump Posts Image of a $100 Bill With His Signature for the 250th Anniversary

    Trump Posts Image of a $100 Bill With His Signature for the 250th Anniversary

    At the bottom of every American bill sit two signatures most people walk past without a glance. They belong to the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer of the United States, the two offices that certify a note as legal money. Over the Fourth of July weekend, President Donald Trump posted an image online that changed…

  • Trump’s $2,000 Dividend Check to You for Tariffs: How It Would Work

    Trump’s $2,000 Dividend Check to You for Tariffs: How It Would Work

    President Donald Trump promised Americans something they love hearing about: free money. Over the weekend, he posted on Truth Social that every low and middle-income citizen would receive a check for at least $2,000, funded by what he describes as massive tariff revenue flooding into federal coffers. Sounds simple enough. A dividend from import taxes,…