If the Treasury Department gets its way, President Donald Trump will make history as just the second living president to have his face minted.

The proposed $1 coin would be struck in time for the nation’s 250th anniversary next year. According to draft designs, the back side would feature the president’s effigy, fist pumping in front of a billowing American flag. On the front, an embossed bust of a coiffed Trump sits atop a throne of four words: IN GOD WE TRUST.

It’s probably illegal. Existing law only permits deceased people’s portraits on United States currency. The specific statute governing next year’s milestone also stipulates that “no portrait of a living person” can be on the back of the special edition coins. The founders considered it poor form to put living presidents on money

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