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turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 03:45 PM Jun 2018

Trump admin created challenge coin featuring Mar-a-Lago

Source: The Hill

BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN - 06/24/18 02:15 PM EDT

The Trump administration created a special challenge coin featuring President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, The New York Times reported Sunday.

The White House Communications Agency, a military unit that designs and creates the coins, created the Mar-a-Lago coin in recent months.

The group has also designed coins featuring Pope Francis and Trump, and killed plans for a coin featuring Trump Tower in Manhattan and the president’s golf course in Bedminster, N.J. after the Times asked about the coins.

The agency — the same group that created a highly publicized coin for Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un — also created a “Make America Great Again” coin that was funded by the Republican National Committee, according to the Times.

Challenge coins are often created to mark presidential trips or events.

Ethics watchdogs told the Times that coins depicting Trump’s properties shouldn’t be created with government resources, as it could violate federal laws banning the use of public resources to promote private institutions.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/393860-trump-admin-created-challenge-coin-featuring-mar-a-lago



I am calling my US Senator tomorrow and the congressional staff committee of the defense department and other department like Ways and Means and to ask them if this fucking true.......................that I want a investigation..................my taxes are going up because of this shit, and the budget has not earmarked this crap ..........................this is outrageous





November 2018 cannot get fast enough




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Trump admin created challenge coin featuring Mar-a-Lago (Original Post) turbinetree Jun 2018 OP
This shit has got to stop iluvtennis Jun 2018 #1
There are no laws concerning Trump. tecelote Jun 2018 #14
That man is scum Solly Mack Jun 2018 #2
It's the "Presidential Emoluments Clause" series. forgotmylogin Jun 2018 #3
Meanwhile, somewhere, a poor child got an extra piece of bread. rickford66 Jun 2018 #4
Mal-a-Gargle. nt yonder Jun 2018 #5
Does he also give it to his undocumented workers? IggleDuer Jun 2018 #6
Oh, not to worry PatSeg Jun 2018 #7
Grifting as usual NastyRiffraff Jun 2018 #8
Whatever happened to the "collectible" limited edition BigmanPigman Jun 2018 #9
Emoluments? or just plain Graft? jpak Jun 2018 #10
Mar-a-lagofuckyourself! OMGWTF Jun 2018 #11
Why does a military unit spend its time designing gift shop items? muriel_volestrangler Jun 2018 #12
The words in bold below are the ones that must be looked at and anlyzed Perseus Jun 2018 #13
Good for you! 👍 Duppers Jun 2018 #15
This is the man who had tee markers with the Presidental Seal on them made for his courses. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jun 2018 #16
A personal business rather than a national landmark... Quelle Surprise! keithbvadu2 Jun 2018 #17
he is so corrupt!! Demovictory9 Jun 2018 #18
What an asshole. truthisfreedom Jun 2018 #19

BigmanPigman

(51,565 posts)
9. Whatever happened to the "collectible" limited edition
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 05:51 PM
Jun 2018

Nobel Prize coin that people ordered, only to find out the coin they saw advertised was not the one they thought they were purchasing?

muriel_volestrangler

(101,265 posts)
12. Why does a military unit spend its time designing gift shop items?
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:01 PM
Jun 2018
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_Communications_Agency

Does it design presidential jim-jams for Trump to wear while having phone therapy sessions with Sen Hannity and Fox and Friends? I mean, at least that involves "White House Communications".

Is this the unit people who are hated in the military are posted to as a punishment? "Ha ha, you spend your day drawing "Trump is dreamy" logos. Loser."
 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
13. The words in bold below are the ones that must be looked at and anlyzed
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:04 PM
Jun 2018

"The White House Communications Agency, a military unit that designs and creates the coins, created the Mar-a-Lago coin in recent months. The White House Communications Agency, a military unit that designs and creates the coins, created the Mar-a-Lago coin in recent months."

The military is helping out, why is the military doing work they know is illegal? This is serious people...regular people cannot fight the military, take a look at what happened in South America...We are in danger zone.

Duppers

(28,117 posts)
15. Good for you! 👍
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:25 PM
Jun 2018

Have the Ways and Means # handy?

Post it. TY!!

I'll call my R rep, knowing it won't matter, but calling just the same.

16. This is the man who had tee markers with the Presidental Seal on them made for his courses.
Sun Jun 24, 2018, 06:36 PM
Jun 2018

They were only removed when he got caught.

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