- The White House Communications Agency, however, had already released a commemorative “trip coin” to mark the peace talks once scheduled for June 12 in Singapore.
yikes
Hey guys, I'm not certain because the site hardly works and doesn't seem to have pictures but am_Unition's link below was for the ornament not the coin. This is the coin for $20/$25: https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/product-p/summitcoin.htm And this is an ornament for $60 or $85: https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/2018-White-House-Gift-Shop-Official-Ornament-p/2018-whitehouseornaments.htm I haven't seen a picture of the ornament anywhere yet.
Our project as has the project of another entity is generating sigjificant media attrention as well as an outpouring of support from American and Korean people. Following is a copy of a recent post in response to inquires from customers, supporters and media. We've answered many calls and communications. Our own medallion coin is "not identical" to the private run of 250 military challenge coins and, in fact, was planned as a larger commemorative event on our part, alone, for President Trump's second year. We've planned the coin and Christmas & Holiday collection for several months prior to the other work also in the news. When news broke and indicated that another coin was specifically from The White House Gift Shop, of necessity, we needed to clear the record. Our coin does commemorate President Trump's second year, his success in obtaining the release of three American hostages from North Korea, and does include the leaders of all three countries in its raised, bas-relief, design, iconographs of America, South Korea, and North Korea as well as peoples are prominent as are the colors of each country with symbolic representations of Americans and Koreans who fought and died for democracy. American and Asian symbols are elegantly used with President Trump on the coin's front and President of South Korea and Leader of North Korea on the coin's reverse. We will not release an image of the coin until it is ready to deliver to our supporters worldwide who believe in peace and harmony and want our heirloom representation of peace and harmony in the Koreas if not now, soon. Hundreds of magnificent people from South Korea have communicated with us in hopes that we will fulfill their orders even while summit talks seem stalled at the moment. We will, of course, continue to celebrate the spirit of peace and harmony confluent with innate dignity of humankind. For 70 years, we have supported through many representational products, some fun but many serious, the Presidency of the United States and refrain from poltics. We support in words, actions, and objects of art America's current 45th President, Donald J. Trump whose office had no involvement in either the DISA or the soon forthcoming WHGS medallion. As a military veteran, myself, challenge coins are special to the 1% who serve in the military to protect the 99%. A gift is endowed with unique engergy and spirit as it passes from the hands of a brother or sister to another who serves and knows. I still have my own father's Mickey Mouse boots from the Korean War and my memories of a favorite uncle, a Silver Star recipient, who carries to this day shrapnel in his neck and spine from combat in Korea. The commemorative medallion and related Christmas and Holiday ornament I designed represents the best of America and Korea, a celebration of diplomatic communication, and an embrace of all those who want our President to suceed in his steadfast effort to secure denuclearization of the Koreas and prosperity for America while recognizing other countries have not only a right but a responsibility to seek and secure their own prosperities through peaceful and fair means (my personal opinion, of course). Best regards, Tony Giannini, CEO / Director. ...well then.Special Note From Our CEO
So... the picture we all saw was one of the 250 military challenge coins, and the thing we've been failing to order is completely different. Interestingly, The White House Gift Shop began as "The White House Flower Fund" and was renamed to "The White House Police Benefit Fund" through either "permanent order" or memos in 1946 and 1950, (which I wasn't able to find with 15 minutes on https://trumanlibrary.org) for the purpose of giving flowers or retirement gifts to the White House police. https://web.archive.org/web/20180126200023/http://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/aboutus.aspToday, The "only original offial" White House Gift Shop, Est., 1946 in White House History continues to actively support Law Enforcement Departments or Agencies by funding special advanced firearms training and by purchasing safe and effective arms for departments often in smaller jurisdictions with limited advanced training budgets.
And nobody who has been paying attention is shocked. At lest he waited until they destroyed the nuclear tunnels before screwing up the summit.
Apparently only 250 of those coins were made but I kind of want one. Seems like fitting memorabilia for this President.
https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/2018-White-House-Gift-Shop-Official-Ornament-p/2018-whitehouseornaments.htm Currently gives a 503 error, LOL Edit: It's working! Give it about two minutes to load the webpage. Only $59 to own one of those badboys!
Their shop wasn't in the top three search results so I assumed it didn't exist. Amazon has made me stupid. https://web.archive.org/web/20180524150940/https://www.whitehousegiftshop.com/2018-White-House-Gift-Shop-Official-Ornament-p/2018-whitehouseornaments.htm According to this snapshot I can get it for$60, but that's more than I feel like spending on a memento to claiming victory before beginning and then blaming everything on anyone else.
They called Pence an idiot and political amateur. Which was a sideways way of calling Trump one.
So have you all read the letter yet? It's ... well it's something all right.
Yeah, I saw it yesterday. And then when the headline came that Trump dictated 'every word' of letter canceling North Korea summit, I immediately thought "yeah, no shit". Some of the letter's sentences are OK, but some are like... well, sentence #2: wat???We were informed that the meeting was requested by North Korea, but to us that is totally irrelevant.