唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）總統削減聯邦支出的使命發生了一個奇怪的轉變，因為他透露財政部已被指示停止鑄造便士。

在周日晚上的真相社交帖子中，他聲稱生產單美分的硬幣比價值高。

Former President Donald Trump has called for the U.S. Treasury to stop minting pennies, claiming that it costs more to produce the one-cent coin than it's worth.

前總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）呼籲美國財政部停止鑄造便士，聲稱生產單美分硬幣的成本高於其價值。

"For far too long the United States has minted pennies which literally cost us more than 2 cents," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social on Sunday night. "This is so wasteful!"

特朗普在周日晚上的《真相社交》帖子中寫道：“很長時間以來，美國已經鑄造了幾分錢，這實際上使我們花費了2美分。” “這太浪費了！”

"I have instructed my Secretary of the US Treasury to stop producing new pennies. Let's rip the waste out of our great nation's budget, even if it's a penny at a time."

“我已經指示我的美國財政部長停止生產新的便士。讓我們從一個偉大的國家的預算中刪除浪費，即使一次是一分錢。”

In fact, Trump underestimated the cost of making a penny, as the United States Mint revealed that it took nearly 3.7 cents to produce a penny in 2024 and that the coin has cost above face value to make for 19 consecutive fiscal years.

實際上，特朗普低估了賺錢的成本，因為美國造幣廠透露，在2024年生產一分錢花了近3.7美分，而硬幣的成本超過了面值，連續19個財政年度。

The unofficial Department of Government Efficiency, which is headed by Elon Musk, drew attention to the cost of making pennies in late January as it highlighted statistics showing an uptick in its production.

由埃隆·馬斯克（Elon Musk）領導的非官方政府效率部門提請注意1月下旬賺錢的成本，因為它強調了統計數據顯示其生產的增長。

Bloomberg reporter Steven Dennis pointed out that Trump might struggle to force the decision through.

彭博記者史蒂文·丹尼斯（Steven Dennis）指出，特朗普可能會努力迫使決定。

In a post on X, Dennis pointed to a line in the Constitution stating that only Congress has the power to make such a decision.

在X上的一篇文章中，丹尼斯指出了憲法中的一條線，指出只有國會有權做出這樣的決定。

"The Constitution gives Congress the power to 'coin Money and regulate the Value thereof.' Only Congress can decide to stop making pennies," Dennis wrote.

“憲法賦予國會'幣賺錢和規範其價值'的權力。只有國會才能決定停止賺錢。”丹尼斯寫道。

"The former president appears to be suggesting that the Treasury Secretary has the authority to make this decision. But that doesn't seem to jibe with the Constitution or federal law."

“前總統似乎在暗示財政部長有權做出這一決定。但這似乎並不與《憲法》或《聯邦法律》。”

But Trump is not the first president to have attempted to meddle with the U.S Mint's affairs.

但是特朗普不是第一位試圖與美國造幣廠事務進行干預的總統。

In 2012, then-President Barack Obama stepped in and asked Congress to allow a change in the mix of metals in coins as he hoped to push costs down.

2012年，當時的總統巴拉克·奧巴馬（Barack Obama）介入，並要求國會允許硬幣中的金屬混合，因為他希望降低成本。

A former federal reserve chairman, Paul Volcker, has also previously backed the elimination of pennies.

前美聯儲董事長保羅·沃爾克（Paul Volcker）以前還支持消除便士。

Resources on U.S government websites explain why pennies are important.

美國政府網站上的資源解釋了為什麼便士很重要。

"Some penny supporters believe that we should keep the penny out of respect to our country's history and 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, who was the first person to appear on a U.S. coin and whose portrait has been on the penny since 1909," a document on Illinois State Treasurer's website says.

“一些一分錢的支持者認為，我們應該讓一分錢不尊重我們國家的歷史，第16位總統亞伯拉罕·林肯（Abraham Lincoln在伊利諾伊州司庫網站上說。

"Those who favor keeping the penny believe the penny plays an important role in keeping down the costs of the goods and services we buy. If there were no pennies, stores and restaurants would round up to the nearest nickel," it also says.

它還說：“那些偏愛一分錢的人相信一分錢在降低我們購買的商品和服務的成本方面發揮著重要作用。如果沒有便士，商店和餐館將匯集到最近的鎳。”

Trump's latest demand follows a string of random policy announcements in the last weeks which have included reversing a ban on plastic straws, freezing aid to South Africa over land law, and proposals to build a real estate magnate's paradise in Gaza.

在過去幾周中，特朗普的最新需求是在一系列隨機政策公告之後，包括扭轉對塑料吸管的禁令，對南非對土地法的凍結援助以及建立在加沙地帶的房地產大亨天堂的提議。