Federal law says no living president can appear on U.S. currency. But Megan Sullivan, the acting chief of the Office of Design Management at the Mint, said the Treasury secretary has authority to authorize the minting and issuance of new 24-karat gold coins, which Scott Bessent has used to get around that prohibition and put Trump on a coin. 

Yep, elect a felon and kiss the law goodbye.

People can melt the coins and make them useful.

Are you suggesting that melting them will increase the value?

You are assuming those will be made from real gold.

Dystopian banana republic vibes

We're out of the 'vibes' stage and into the real thing.