Drug dealers shape ecstasy tablets like Trump's face, Dutch institute warns of lethal risk

And yet, some drug dealers have been making ecstasy tablets shaped like the face of the U.S. president (if he were playing the role of an alien in a very early episode of Star Trek. Never mind Breaking Bad, this is Breaking Bad Design).

Anyway, a Dutch drug institute has warned that the pills are potentially lethal and should not be taken “under any circumstances.” Of course, Trump famously doesn’t drink, let alone take drugs. His body is a temple (albeit a temple that’s been turned into a McDonald’s).

As political leaders change, so does the branding drug dealers use. Trump-shaped ecstasy tablets were first seized by authorities in 2017. Before that, Barack Obama’s visage was often used on illegal drugs. Former President Joe Biden was less popular. He did, after all, once try to ban raves, which wouldn’t have gone down well with the ravers who take ecstasy.

Trump’s face isn’t just on narcotics. This week, the U.S. Mint announced that $1 coins bearing his — rather stern, it must be said — face are in circulation to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary (they cost $61, in case you’d forgotten there’s a cost-of-living crisis going on).

It’s the first time a living person has appeared on U.S. currency since 1866, when Spencer Clark, who headed the National Currency Bureau, put his own face on a note in what can only be described as a ballsy move — the 19th-century equivalent of those TV adverts featuring the owner of the company.