{"id":27050,"date":"2017-12-24T02:26:01","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T02:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27050"},"modified":"2017-12-24T02:26:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T02:26:01","slug":"trump-politicizes-challenge-coin-honestly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=27050","title":{"rendered":"Trump politicizes &#8216;Challenge Coin&#8217;? Honestly?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/coin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27051\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/coin-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/coin-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/coin.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump has infused politics into a presidential tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine my non-surprise!<\/p>\n<p>The president has allowed the issuance of a new &#8220;Challenge Coin&#8221; that normally contained a presidential seal and the national motto, <em>&#8220;E Pluribus Unum,&#8221;<\/em> which, of course, is Latin that translates to <em>&#8220;Out of many, one.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This time the coin, which presidents have handed out as keepsakes over many decades, contains the phrase &#8220;Make America Great Again.&#8221; Yep, the president has memorialized a <em>campaign slogan<\/em> onto this formerly time-honored tradition.<\/p>\n<p>As Ricky Ricardo might say: <em>Aye, caramba!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As The Hill reported: &#8220;The commemorative coins stem from the military tradition of exchanging coins covertly through a handshake. Presidents give them to troops, visitors and other members of the public. The coins have become collector&#8217;s items, and are sometimes sold for hundreds of dollars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>OK, but are they meant to continue a president&#8217;s campaign theme? Are they intended to remind us of a slogan the president used to win election?<\/p>\n<p>Weird.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump has infused politics into a presidential tradition. Imagine my non-surprise! 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