{"id":2580471,"date":"2026-03-16T16:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libs-complain-trump-removed-the-olive-branch-from-the-dime-but-theyre-wrong-that-was-their-buddy-joe-biden\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T16:37:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T20:37:03","slug":"libs-complain-trump-removed-the-olive-branch-from-the-dime-but-theyre-wrong-that-was-their-buddy-joe-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libs-complain-trump-removed-the-olive-branch-from-the-dime-but-theyre-wrong-that-was-their-buddy-joe-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Libs Complain Trump Removed the Olive Branch from the Dime, But They&#8217;re Wrong &#8211; That Was Their Buddy, Joe Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flibs-complain-trump-removed-the-olive-branch-from-the-dime-but-theyre-wrong-that-was-their-buddy-joe-biden%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2580471&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article defends the 2026 Emerging Liberty Dime design,arguing that liberal criticisms are petty and politically motivated. It explains that the coin\u2019s reverse shows an eagle clutching arrows but no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/moderna-cuts-covid-19-vaccine-shipments-to-canada\/\" title=\"Moderna cuts COVID-19 vaccine shipments to Canada\">olive branch<\/a>, a deliberate symbol the author views as reflecting the harder path to independence. While some liberals blamed President Trump for the change, the piece notes the alteration occurred late in the Biden governance and that the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee approved the design in October 2024. It <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >cites social-media claims<\/a> that removing the olive branch dishonors the Great Seal,but counters that the absence carries meaningful symbolism about the struggle for independence,referencing the Olive Branch Petition of 1775,which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/knowles-israel-palestine-and-the-definition-of-insanity\/\" title=\"KNOWLES: Israel, Palestine, And The Definition of Insanity\">sought peace<\/a> but was rejected. The author argues the coin memorializes America\u2019s 1776 independence and the Revolutionary War, and that the design\u2019s symbolism, even if not fully recognized by its designers, tells an appropriate historical story. It concludes by praising the decision as one of the few positive moves in the post-2020 era.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>No matter how far liberals sink, we can always count on them to explore new depths of pettiness.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, leave it to liberals to grouse about a modest and historically appropriate change to a commemorative coin now in circulation.<\/p>\n<p>Then, leave it to those same liberals to blame President Donald Trump for the design when, in fact, the change occurred during the final months of former President Joe Biden&rsquo;s administration.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2026\/03\/14\/dime-design-trump-olive-branch-peace-250\/89152336007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>, &ldquo;Americans are raising their eyebrows&rdquo; at the new &ldquo;Emerging Liberty Dime,&rdquo; the back of which &mdash; for one year, at least &mdash; now features an eagle carrying only arrows in its talons, rather than the version of the eagle seen on the Great Seal of the United States, which shows the bird clutching arrows on one side and an olive branch on the on the other.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, liberals have speculated that the removal of the peace-signifying olive branch symbolizes Trump&rsquo;s bellicosity.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The administration that has decided to call the Department of Defense the Department of War, has removed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-slammed-for-divisive-and-radical-speech-that-may-cause-bloodbath-for-democrats-in-2022\/\" title=\"Biden Slammed For \u2018Divisive And Radical\u2019 Speech That May Cause \u2018Bloodbath For Democrats\u2019 In 2022\">olive branches<\/a> from the eagle depicted on the 2026 dime,&rdquo; one liberal wrote on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X. &ldquo;The Great Seal of the United States, around since the 1700s, has always shown olive branches &amp; arrows, but now &hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The administration that has decided to call the Department of Defense the Department of War, has removed the olive branches from the eagle depicted on the 2026 dime. The Great Seal of the United States, around since the 1700s, has always shown olive branches &amp; arrows, but now&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C9YMmTTNu7\">https:\/\/t.co\/C9YMmTTNu7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; &#9407;&#9398;&#9422; &#9399;&#9415;&#9412;&#9420;&#9411; jaybrown.bsky.social (@TheMrJayBrown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheMrJayBrown\/status\/2032585508522512834?\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Thought this was a parody, but, no, the US Mint really removed the olive branch &mdash; but not the arrows &mdash; held by the eagle on the dime. The design goes back to the super-woke days of 1782,&rdquo; another liberal X user complained.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thought this was a parody, but, no, the US Mint really removed the olive branch&mdash;but not the arrows&mdash;held by the eagle on the dime. The design goes back to the super-woke days of 1782. Link in next tweet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yFShwa6IUl\">pic.twitter.com\/yFShwa6IUl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Spalding &#127482;&#127462; (@librarythingtim) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/librarythingtim\/status\/2032284579235610739?\">March 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>As usual, however, the liberals got it wrong.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, which advises the treasury secretary, voted to approve the new design in October 2024, according to USA Today.<\/p>\n<p>We may, therefore, rank this among the very few good decisions ever made under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/smarter-biden-launches-bizarre-defense-stuttering-jesse-jackson-memorial-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the point of these commemorative coins is to memorialize America&rsquo;s independence in 1776. That independence, whether liberals like it or not, required a war.<\/p>\n<p>Better yet, the absence of the olive branch carries a powerful symbolism that even the coin&rsquo;s designers might not recognize.<\/p>\n<p>On July 8, 1775 &mdash; three weeks after the Battle of Bunker Hill, and nearly three months after the clashes at Lexington and Concord &mdash; the Second Continental Congress sent Britain&rsquo;s King George III a second petition, known to history as the <a href=\"https:\/\/founders.archives.gov\/documents\/Jefferson\/01-01-02-0114\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olive Branch Petition<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Signed by the likes of John Hancock, Samuel Adams, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/heroes-american-history-conspiracy-theorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Adams<\/a>, Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-unveils-new-thomas-jefferson-statue-celebrate-founders-key-role-250-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas Jefferson<\/a>, the Olive Branch Petition affirmed colonists&rsquo; allegiance to the king and sought a peaceful redress of their many grievances. But the king denounced them as rebels, and they never again sought formal reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, notwithstanding their best efforts, sometimes the aggrieved and oppressed must fight. The American Revolution proved as much. 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It notes liberals blamed President Trump for the dime\u2019s design change, even though the update happened late in Joe Biden\u2019s administration. The back of the new Emerging Liberty Dime features an eagle holding arrows but no olive branch, at least for one year, and some liberals claimed this signaled bellicosity. The article includes several social-media posts from liberals criticizing the change.<\/p>\n<p>However, it points out that the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee approved the redesign in October 2024, making the change a legitimate decision rather than a partisan attack. The coin\u2019s purpose, it says, is to memorialize America\u2019s independence in 1776-a process that involved war. The absence of the olive branch is presented as a deliberate symbol, connected to the Olive Branch Petition of 1775, which sought peace but was rejected by King George III. Therefore, the coin\u2019s design is portrayed as a meaningful reminder of the historical struggle, not a partisan signal.<\/p>\n<p>The piece briefly notes that liberal commentators on X misread the symbolism, and it concludes by arguing that the new dime properly reflects history, despite liberal objections<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2580472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/New-old-dime.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3620,75921,56889,3634],"class_list":["post-2580471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-biden","tag-dime-symbolism","tag-olive-branch","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/New-old-dime.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580471"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580471\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580475,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580471\/revisions\/2580475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}