Jack White Mocks Trump’s Plan to Sign U.S. Currency: ‘Small Hands’
Traditionally, U.S. currency features only the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer — Trump’s addition will mark the first time a sitting president’s signature has appeared on paper notes. White connected the move to the broader economic pressures facing ordinary Americans, pointing to rising gas prices stemming from Trump’s military campaign against Iran, which launched Feb. 28. “TSA agents are selling plasma to pay rent while he takes the day off, cheats at golf, and bombs other countries for fun,” he wrote.
“Gas prices are surging as a worldwide crisis that HE caused rages in the Middle East; it’s the perfect time to joke on fox ‘news’, visit Graceland, and sign into law to have your bloated, cocky signature on all U.S. currency!” White also took aim at what he described as Congressional inaction, characterising Trump as “a manipulative, loophole finding, egomaniacal, conman” who had been handed unchecked power.
He questioned whether the regulatory guardrails on Trump’s commercial ventures — including branded Bibles, sneakers and commemorative coins — were functioning at all. “I’m sure Congress is regulating all...
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