US government prepares to print $250 note with Trump’s face on it

The Treasury Department is preparing to print $250 bills with President Donald Trump’s face on them.

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The law currently states that no living president can appear on currency, but the administration is preparing for the possibility that Congress will pass legislation authorizing the special Trump bill.

“It’s all in the hands of… Capitol Hill,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the White House briefing room Thursday. “We prepared things in advance… but we will stick to the law.”

Bessent added that he didn’t think there was anything “untoward” about having the president who was in office during the country’s 250th anniversary appear on the bill.

Last year, GOP Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina proposed a bill that would require the Treasury to print $250 notes with Trump’s portrait on them, but the legislation hasn’t been taken up yet.

The Washington Post reported it was two Trump political appointees who began urging the drafts of the new $250 note be created, including mocking up the president’s likeness. 

If Congress changes the law, Trump would be the first living person to appear on currency since 1866.

The president has already made history when it comes to appearing on money. Earlier this year, the Treasury Department announced Trump’s signature would appear on all new printed money – a departure from having signatures from the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer.