What is it with Republican Presidents declaring success way before it is actually achieved? 

As if he wanted to cast in stone his own version of George Bush’s infamous “Mission Accomplished” banner (the one prematurely celebrating “winning” the war Bush & Cheney started in Iraq) the Trump administration prematurely minted commemorative coins commemorating the planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong UN. Trump the vainglorious fool and his GOP followers were actually anticipating he would be awarded a Nobel Peace prize telling reporters: ‘Everyone thinks I deserve the Nobel Peace Prize.’

Now since the not unexpected cancellation of Trump’s Un* meeting the commemorative coins (should we call them “Trump-pence”?) are now selling at a substantial discount.

Given Trump’s authoritarian tendencies the photo-shopped version on the left might give Donald the title he aspires to

Some believe the Trump coin could become a collectible loosely falling into a category known by numismatists as mint-made error coins or simply error coins. These groups of coins with distinctive characteristics (often built-in defects) sound like Trump.

*Sec. of State Pompeo: “[…]the summit between the president and Chairman Un.”  What’s Kim Jong-un’s Surname? Mike Pompeo Is Learning the Hard Way