White House Mints U.S., North Korea Peace Summit Coin — Kim Jong Un Looks Hilarious! – By Joseph Curl (dailywire.com) / May 22 2018
In advance of the planned June 12 summit in Singapore between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the White House Military Office ordered up a special coin for the event.
The office does so for most of the president’s trips abroad — has for years — and administration officials give them away to officials and dignitaries in the host country.
The peace talks coin is nothing particularly special. On one side, a relief of Trump with a U.S. flag; on the other, Kim with a North Korean flag. Around the edge it says: “United States of America * Peace Talks * Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” with “peace talks” also in Korean. On an inner band, it says “President Donald Trump * Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un * 2018.”
On the back is a relief of the White House and Air Force One, with the words: “Visit of the President.” And the rudimentary design also features some olive branches (presumably), ‘cuz, you know, they mean peace (although we’ll point out that they also mean “victory”).
So, nothing much there. But what’s hilarious is the way Kim is portrayed on the coin.
While Trump has a strong jawline, Kim’s image features a very prominent double chin, a big roll of fat under his real chin. Kim is also smiling weakly while Trump looks steely with a blank expression.
And then there’s Kim’s hair (well, this part is simply accurate — Kim has some funny hair, like a cross between Pete Rose and Moe from the Three Stooges). Trump’s hair is, as always, immaculate (and since it’s a profile, you can’t tell that he parts his hair just above his ear).
Twitter went wild with the coin, with many Trump haters shocked and horrified that the coin has been minted when the summit is unsure. Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader, also chastised Trump for putting Kim on the coin, known as a “challenge coin.”
“I urge the White House to take Kim off the coin,” the New York Democrat tweeted. “Challenge coins are a time honored tradition and certainly appropriate in this situation, but Kim Jong Un’s face has no place on this coin. He is a brutal dictator and something like the Peace House would be much more appropriate.”
But deputy press secretary Raj Shah said, “These coins are designed, manufactured and made by an American coin manufacturer. These souvenir coins are only ordered after a trip has been publicly announced. The White House did not have any input into the design and manufacture of the coin.”
Other Twitterers pointed out that the talks may never actually occur. North Korea has threatened to abandon the talks amid talk that top officials there think they will not get the concessions they want. Last week, North Korea canceled high-level talks with South Korea, and it’s unclear if the U.S. and North Korea have an open channel of communication following Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to the hermit kingdom earlier this month.
For the record, previous presidents handed out challenge coins all over the world. Obama even gave one out during his second presidential campaign that said on the front, “If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor,” and on the back, “just kidding!”
OK, we made that last part up. But really, people, it’s a coin. Don’t get your undies in a wad.
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