Trump’s latest vanity project would require changing law that prohibits any living person from appearing on US currency – key US politics stories from Thursday 28 May
Donald Trump’s latest vanity project: putting his own face on US currency.
The White House is pushing Congress to approve a $250 bill bearing the president’s portrait, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said, which would require changing longstanding federal law that prohibits any living person from appearing on US currency.
At a news conference Thursday, Bessent said the bill would be in celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary of independence, and that the treasury has already started preparing for the possibility of the new currency. But Bessent said the treasury would “stick to the law” and that “it’s all up to Capitol Hill”.
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The legislation would need a simple majority in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives but would be unlikely to garner the 60 votes necessary in the Senate, where Republicans hold 53 seats.
Hakeem Jeffries, the top US House Democrat, immediately derided the proposal, writing on X that it was a “hard no on a Trump $250 bill”.
“Get over yourself,” Jeffries wrote. “The upcoming July 4th anniversary is not about a wannabe King. It’s about celebrating the American journey.”
White House pushes Congress to approve $250 bill with Trump’s image
The White House is pushing Congress to approve a $250 bill bearing Donald Trump’s portrait, the US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said, which would require changing longstanding federal law that prohibits any living person from appearing on US currency.
Speaking from the White House at a news conference, Bessent said the bill would be in celebration of the country’s 250th anniversary of independence, and that the treasury has already started preparing for the possibility of the new currency.
