Trump Gold Coins Released... Will Strait of Hormuz Become 'Trump Strait'?

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U.S. President Donald Trump, known for putting his name on everything, has minted a golden 1-dollar coin featuring his face. President Trump also reiterated that he would like to rename the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Iran to the Trump Strait.

Correspondent Kim Hyunwoo reports from New York.

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A gold-colored 1-dollar coin engraved with the face of President Trump has officially gone on sale in the U.S.

The obverse side features Trump's face and the English word for liberty, while the numbers below his face signify the years from 1776, when the U.S. was founded, to the present year of 2026.

The reverse side includes numbers commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding.

Priced at around 2,000 to 3,000 won per coin in South Korean currency, it is a collectible coin that does not actually contain real gold.

U.S. federal law prohibits engraving the face of a living person on a 1-dollar coin, which previously sparked controversy, but the minting of the gold coin proceeded after a bill authorizing 250th-anniversary commemorative coins was passed during the first Trump administration.

True to his fondness for leaving his mark everywhere, President Trump posted on his social media suggesting that since the currently disputed Strait of Hormuz is under U.S. control, how about changing its name to the Trump Strait.

During a meeting with reporters at the White House today (the 3rd), Trump also claimed that the U.S. has complete control over the Strait of Hormuz, adding that any renewed airstrikes against Iran would not last very long.

[Donald Trump / U.S. President: We have controlled the Strait of Hormuz and we completely control it right now. We are safely passing ships carrying millions of barrels of crude oil every day.]

Iran has strongly pushed back after civilian casualties occurred when a U.S. military airstrike hit a wedding venue.

Iran denounced the U.S. bombing as a war crime, warning that it will thoroughly dismantle American infrastructure with a new strategy.

(Video reporting: Lee Hee-hoon, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)
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