King Trump’s signature will soon be appearing on our $1 bill.

As a DEIB (diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging) consultant who is also a numismatist (a collector of money,) I have written a number of blogs in the past about the intersection of coinage and paper money with diversity. I have been a card carrying member of the ANA (American Numismatic Association) for over 40 years and receive their monthly “The Numismatist” Magazine.

The May, 2026 issue on page 24 had the most outrageous “B.S” article I have ever read in those 40 years, “Paper Signer – US paper currency will soon include Trump’s signature.”

Never before has a President’s signature been added to our paper money. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent emphasizes that his decision reflects the administration’s confidence in our country’s economic growth and to recognize Trump as the “architect of America’s Golden Age of economic revival.”

Seriously? Under Trump, the United States is at its most polarized, led by a President who heaps nastiness and name-calling on anyone who does not agree with him 100%. We are now engaged in an unpopular war that is killing our soldiers and fueling inflation, impacting poor and middle class families.

Trump is truly acting like king, making decisions bucking the desires of the public and even of Congress, like sticking his name on the John F. Kennedy Performing Arts Center. But King Trump’s actions go far beyond that, like ordering that all references to African-Americans being enslaved and LGBTQ+ people be removed from all historic sites and archives.

And Trump has also reversed previous decisions made about our currency. They include:
• Scuttling the plans that were voted on by the American public to have Harriett Tubman as the first woman to be finally on our paper currency. Read my blog “Black Lives Matter and the $20 Bill – an Awful American Travesty.”
• He ceased the annual production of “Profiles of Change” American quarters that featured diverse women of American history.
• Trump and Bessent also axed Biden-era-designed quarters intended to celebrate America’s Semiquincentennial after discovering the illustrations depicted what could be interpreted as themes of diversity, equity and inclusion, such as the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The scuttled original designs included Abolitionist Frederick Douglass, Civil rights pioneer Ruby Bridges, and Leaders of the women’s suffrage movement

A Trump $1 coin is being planned by the Treasury Department

• Finally, last fall, U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach confirmed that the agency had drafted $1 coins with King Trump’s face on them to commemorate the semiquincentennial.

Let’s be honest. This move to add Trump to our currency is nothing more than an egotistical maniac surrounded by ass-kissing “Yes Men” who will do what ever it takes to appease Trump and feed his huge self-serving ego.

US Congresswoman Virginia Foxx of NC’s 5th Congressional District

Christian Mango, a 10-year-old from Greensboro, North Carolina, recently wrote a letter to his Congresswoman, suggesting a $5,000 tax rebate for people buying electric vehicles. He shared his concern about the melting glaciers and worsening pollution and weather impacting the world. The letter was mailed to Congresswoman Foxx by the teacher who wrote, “Please enjoy this students hard work and passion.”

Congresswoman Foxx replied to the student, sharing her counterpoints on why she felt this was a bad idea, primarily that the tax rebate would need to come from other’s taxpayers pockets and that it could worsen our nation’s debt and economy.

But then Foxx crossed a line; she criticized Christian’s teachers for “indoctrinating him” instead of providing a good educational experience. She basically was insinuating that people who did not think like she did were bad and leading people down the wrong path This displays a horrendous example of poor leadership.

How should have Foxx replied? Try this:

“Dear Christian, thank you for sharing your proposal with me. As with any issue, there will be people who agree with you and there will be others who disagree. This is part of mature public discourse. I disagree with your proposal for the following reasons ….

I hope that you will have an open mind to understand the differing opinions that people may have about your proposal. And I commend you for taking the time to share your idea with me. I hope in your education you continue to learn about and discuss multiple sides to the issues facing our country.”

We should be encouraging children to be creative and discuss various ideas and viewpoints

Instead of encouraging civil discourse, Foxx jumps down a kid’s throat telling him he has been “indoctrinated.” This is the poorest kind of leadership imaginable. A good leader encourages people to bring forth creative ideas and engage in thoughtful conversation.

Ms. Foxx is totally unqualified to be an American leader. I am hoping that all the voting citizens in North Carolina congressional district 5 ask themselves, “is this the kind of message I want leaders to deliver to our children?” as they vote in the November elections.

Link to this recent news item.

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Do read my blog “Five Components of Excellent Leadership.”

Also my blog “Leadership Lessons from Star Wars,” and you can deduce what kind of leader Ms. Foxx is.