Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says preparations are underway.
Preparations Underway
Please note US Treasury secretary confirms plans for $250 bill featuring Trump’s face
US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent says preparations are under way to print a new $250 banknote featuring President Donald Trump’s face, with lawmakers to decide whether the bills will be put into circulation.
US law bars any living person from appearing on US currency, but legislation was introduced last year to create an exception to allow current and former presidents to be featured.
“I don’t think that there’s anything untoward about having the president of the United States, the person who’s president of the United States, on the 250th anniversary bill,” Bessent told reporters.
A design mock-up obtained by The Washington Post showed the words “America 250 anniversary”, a nod to the US declaring its independence on July 4, 1776.
Behaviour of dictators, monarchs
A banknote featuring Trump’s face would be the latest example of the US president expanding his personal brand in his official capacity since returning to the White House in 2025.
In March, the US Commission of Fine Arts, led by Trump appointee Rodney Mims Cook Jr, approved the minting of a commemorative gold coin bearing the Republican president’s image.
The announcement, which relied on a legal loophole for commemorative coins, prompted a backlash from critics, who likened the move to the behaviour of dictators and monarchs.
Scott Bessent on Trump’s Face
Polymarket Odds
I rate the odds at substantially under one percent.
The problem is existing legislation does not allow a living person to be on currency.
There is a bill pending in the House to address that requirement. But I doubt it passes.
Even if passes the House, so can the bill get 50 votes in the Senate? My answer to that question is no, but the question itself is moot.
Since this is a non-budget item, it won’t make it past Senate budget reconciliation rules. That means it would be subject to filibuster needing 60 Senate votes.
This ridiculous measure is headed to the ash heap of history where it belongs. There is much less than a 1 percent chance we ever see Trump’s face on a $250 bill.
Meanwhile please note Judge Pauses Trump’s Illegal 1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Slush Fund
Here’s another Trump court loss. Big ones coming up.
Do you still remember – there are 3 million Epstein files left to be released?
More garish distractions unworthy of our attention. I can’t wait to see what silly justifications his sycophants offer. The funniest free entertainment in this time-frame is watching Bessent demean himself, about this, about inflation and gas prices, etc.
Trump believes a lot of things that aren’t true: “we beat Iran” and “the people love me”.
The delusions are only beginning to crank up to unimagined levels, even by Trump’s standards.
Thank God it’s the typical “cart before the horse” nonsense…
all talk about the magnificent cart…
when there is no fucking horse.
I so want to carry around money with his BIG BEAUTIFUL NOGGIN on it. He is an ugly man, both in appearance and in his actions as President. If anything, I would rather see his image on a label of Dog Food.
Taco’s face should be posted on every post office in the US as he is clearly the nation’s number one criminal.
Well they should put a picture of donny on el asso wipeo AKA ass wipe
That’s the 2nd time I’ve heard that in 2-3 days. It’s true. Trump-face toilet paper would sell like hotcakes.
Thank you and our intelligence services did that thr ass wipe routines to eastern European dictators in the 1950s so I borrowed the idea