Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Super Bowl game in person on Sunday in New Orleans. Trump left the game early when it was inevitable that the Philadelphia Eagles would end the Kansas City Chiefs’ three-peat hopes.
The president – who never sleeps – took to his Truth Social app to say he will order the Treasury Department to stop production of the U.S. penny.
Trump is eliminating pennies because Elon Musk claims it costs 3 cents to mint one penny.
“For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents,” Trump wrote. “This is so wasteful! I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies. Let’s rip the waste out of our great nations budget, even if it’s a penny at a time.”
Trump’s move comes after Elon Musk, who heads the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tweeted that he would eliminate pennies to save taxpayers $179 million.
A big shoutout to DOGE for revealing that pennies cost taxpayers over 3 cents to make.
It’s criminal that we have continued to produce pennies. pic.twitter.com/oJ9iUGx7bC
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) February 10, 2025
DOGE also took over USAID, the humanitarian arm of the Democratic party. He locked the doors of the building and fired thousands of employees.
Next, Musk headed over to the Department of Education and laid off hundreds of employees. “What is this ‘Department of Education’ you keep talking about? I just checked and it doesn’t exist,” Musk tweeted in response to a former DoE employee.
What is this “Department of Education” you keep talking about?
I just checked and it doesn’t exist.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 8, 2025
DOGE also claims it saved $1 billion by slashing funding for DEI programs after Trump signed an executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in government agencies.
So far, Trump has completed over 50% of his campaign promises to eliminate wasteful spending and drain the swamp in Washington, DC.
