唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统削减联邦支出的使命发生了一个奇怪的转变，因为他透露财政部已被指示停止铸造便士。

在周日晚上的真相社交帖子中，他声称生产单美分的硬币比价值高。

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.

前总统唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）呼吁美国财政部停止铸造便士，声称生产单美分硬币的成本高于其价值。

"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》帖子中写道：“很长时间以来，美国已经铸造了几分钱，这实际上使我们花费了2美分。” “这太浪费了！”

"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."

“我已经指示我的美国财政部长停止生产新的便士。让我们从一个伟大的国家的预算中删除浪费，即使一次是一分钱。”

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.

实际上，特朗普低估了赚钱的成本，因为美国造币厂透露，在2024年生产一分钱花了近3.7美分，而硬币的成本超过了面值，连续19个财政年度。

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·马斯克（Elon Musk）领导的非官方政府效率部门提请注意1月下旬赚钱的成本，因为它强调了统计数据显示其生产的增长。

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

彭博记者史蒂文·丹尼斯（Steven Dennis）指出，特朗普可能会努力迫使决定。

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，丹尼斯指出了宪法中的一条线，指出只有国会有权做出这样的决定。

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

“宪法赋予国会'币赚钱和规范其价值'的权力。只有国会才能决定停止赚钱。”丹尼斯写道。

"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."

“前总统似乎在暗示财政部长有权做出这一决定。但这似乎并不与《宪法》或《联邦法律》。”

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试图与美国造币厂事务进行干预的总统。

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，当时的总统巴拉克·奥巴马（Barack Obama）介入，并要求国会允许硬币中的金属混合，因为他希望降低成本。

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

前美联储董事长保罗·沃尔克（Paul Volcker）以前还支持消除便士。

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

美国政府网站上的资源解释了为什么便士很重要。

"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.

“一些一分钱的支持者认为，我们应该让一分钱不尊重我们国家的历史，第16位总统亚伯拉罕·林肯（Abraham Lincoln在伊利诺伊州司库网站上说。

"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.

它还说：“那些偏爱一分钱的人相信一分钱在降低我们购买的商品和服务的成本方面发挥着重要作用。如果没有便士，商店和餐馆将汇集到最近的镍。”

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.

在过去几周中，特朗普的最新需求是在一系列随机政策公告之后，包括扭转对塑料吸管的禁令，对南非对土地法的冻结援助以及建立在加沙地带的房地产大亨天堂的提议。