President Donald Trump said on Sunday night that he directed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to stop the production of pennies, which he slammed as “wasteful.”
In a Truth Social post, Trump pointed out that the minting of a penny costs more than the actual value of the coin, adding that this is part of his goal of rooting out wasteful spending in the federal government.
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