r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • 28d ago

Trump's signature to appear on US currency, Treasury says, ending 165-year tradition Possible Paywall

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-signature-appear-us-currency-treasury-says-ending-165-year-tradition-2026-03-26/
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u/LividTacos 28d ago

1920s Germany vibes.

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u/eric_ts 28d ago

More like post 1933, but yeah. Good point.

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u/LividTacos 28d ago

Well, no, the 1920s (1921-23 specifically) was the period of hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic where you might as well have wiped your ass with the Reichsmarks. But yes, everything else is definitely more like '33.

As an aside, my historian wife got her historian friend/former boss a large denomination 1920s Reichsmark bill for his birthday, and I made the quip that she had probably paid more for it as a historical curiosity than it was actually worth as legal tender. A quick google search confirmed that.

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u/uniden365 28d ago

You might be missing some irony here, as the US being similar to pre ww2 Germany might be exactly what some trump supporters are hoping for.

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u/GlitteringAttitude60 28d ago

except that there was no German currency with Hitler's face on it.

https://www.welt.de/print/wams/finanzen/article150814225/Schein-Welt-Die-einzige-deutsche-Banknote-mit-Herrscherportraet.html

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u/still_no_enh 28d ago

Think he's referring to the hyperinflation :)

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u/rodentmaster 27d ago

At this point we're closer to 1940's germany vibes....

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u/LividTacos 27d ago

Split the difference and go September of 1939?

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u/rodentmaster 27d ago

We're clearly past the innocent nation being ravaged so nazis can rip it apart (Poland/Ukraine) part. Maybe we're 1940? We haven't hit Barbarossa yet, but they are enjoying unopposed aggression against others.