Note for Trump: US Treasury designs US$250 bill with president’s face

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Proposed legislation is moving through the House and Senate that would allow President Donald Trump to appear on a new US$250 bill. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated that this change would permit a living person, specifically President Trump, to be featured on the bill, coinciding with the nation's 250th anniversary. The Treasury Department has made preliminary preparations should the legislation pass, but will adhere to existing laws. This would mark the first time a living person, and a president, has been depicted on US currency in 150 years. The Washington Post first reported on this proposal.

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated there is nothing untoward about having the current President on the 250th anniversary bill.

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Featuring a living president on US currency would be a break from tradition, as it hasn't happened in 150 years.

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Proposed legislation exists in the House and Senate to change requirements for US currency to feature a living person.

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The US Treasury has made advance preparations for a new US$250 bill featuring President Trump, should legislation pass.

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US President Donald Trump could soon appear on a new US$250 bill, in the Republican’s latest move to shatter US traditions by putting his personal stamp on national institutions.A proposal for the new bill, featuring a glaring Trump, was first reported Thursday by The Washington Post.If carried out, it would be the first time the image of a living person - let alone a president - had appeared on US currency in a century and a half.“Right now there is proposed legislation - front of the House, in front of the Senate - to change the first requirement so that a living person, Donald J. Trump, could be on a US$250 bill,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a media briefing Thursday.“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 said.He said the Treasury Department has made advance preparations if legislation were passed, but “will stick to the law”.

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