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The Push For Trump's Face on a $250 Bill Got This Woman Fired.

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Trump's treasury just fired the woman who said his $250 bill was illegal.And the guy who replaced her?Well, it's the same guy who's been pushing the illegal bill.So here's what happened.For the past year, two of Trump's treasury appointees, U .S.

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Treasurer, Brandon Beach, and his senior advisor, Mike Brown, they've been pushing the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to design prototypes of a new $250 bill with Trump's face on it.All right, Trump everything.Trump Tower, Trump Pharmacy, Trump Institute of Peace, and now Trump Money.And they started handing staff their own mock -ups last August.But there's a few problems with this.Federal laws banned living people from appearing on U .

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S.currency since 1866.So this would actually be the first time in 150 years.There's also no $250 denomination authorized to be printed.New bills typically take six to eight years to produce, which is a problem if you're trying to release it for America's 250th birthday.

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And the Bureau's director, Patricia Salome, a 24 -year -old army vet, and the first woman to ever hold a job, she kept telling them this.The note wasn't authorized, they couldn't move forward, and that was not great for her career.On April 27th, all of a sudden she gets reassigned.In her farewell email, It said the move was not my choice and ended with the buck stopped here.And then Mike Brown, the same Trump appointee who had been pushing for the illegal bill, he got her job.Because that's just how things work now.

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You do your job correctly and you get replaced with a loyalist so Trump can have his face on some money.

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