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Trump’s face on banknotes? Inside the push for a U.S. 250th‑anniversary bill
News that the Trump administration is pushing to issue a new high‑denomination bill featuring the sitting president’s portrait has roiled Washington.
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The Washington Post and other outlets report that senior Trump administration officials pressed the U.S. Mint to produce a design mock‑up for a $250 bill bearing President Donald Trump’s portrait.
Current and former insiders say U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach led the effort, commissioning British artist Ian Alexander to create the mock‑up and delivering it to the Mint. The design placed the president’s portrait at the center of the bill and included signatures from the president and Treasury Secretary Scott Besent. Sources say Trump requested edits and gave final approval.
The effort ran into immediate internal resistance. U.S. law strictly prohibits depicting living persons on currency, and Patricia Solimene, director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, opposed the plan on legal grounds. She was abruptly reassigned to another department last month, triggering a personnel controversy.
Some Republican lawmakers have introduced legislation to permit such a change, but it has not cleared Congress. The Treasury said it would proceed with production if a law passed, while emphasizing it had not issued any printing orders ahead of official authorization.
By contrast, placing the president’s signature on currency faces no legal barrier and has already progressed. The Treasury announced it will include Trump’s handwritten signature on new notes commemorating the nation’s 250th anniversary, and printing of $100 notes bearing that signature is reportedly underway.
Analysts view the attempt to issue these bills as part of a broader campaign to brand federal institutions that has accelerated since the start of Trump’s second term. The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has reportedly been renamed the \”Trump Kennedy Center,\” and a child‑asset program set to launch in July has been retitled the \”Trump Account.\”
Officials are said to be considering a program offering green cards tied to a $1,000,000 investment dubbed the \”Trump Gold Card,\” and proposals to name the Navy’s next‑generation ships \”Trump‑class\” battleships are also under review. Taken together, these moves mark a concerted effort to place the president’s name across the federal government.
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