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Trump Administration Shows Off $250 Bill Featuring Trump
During a press conference at the White House on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent displayed a mocked-up $250 bill bearing President Trump’s likeness.
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At present, no living person can be on U.S. currency and the currency must say, “In God we trust.” So right now, there is proposed legislation that — in 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 the $250 bill. I don’t think that there’s anything untoward about having the president of the United States, the person who was president of United States, on the 250th anniversary bill. Thank you all.
During a press conference at the White House on Thursday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent displayed a mocked-up $250 bill bearing President Trump’s likeness.
By Jamie Leventhal
May 28, 2026