Trump to become first US president to have signature on every US dollar bill
President Donald Trump will become the first-ever US president to have his signature appear on every US dollar starting this summer.
The redesigned notes are planned to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence and will be the first time since 1861 that the currency drops the signature of the US Treasurer.
The first $100 bills with Trump's signature and that of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be printed in June, followed by other bills in subsequent months.
At the same time, the Treasury is still producing notes bearing the signatures of former President Joe Biden's Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, and former Treasurer Lynn Malerba.
But Bessent argued that the move was appropriate for America's 250th anniversary, given strong economic growth and financial stability during Trump's second term.
'There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump than US dollar bills bearing his name, and it is only appropriate that this historic currency be issued at the semiquincentennial,' he said in a statement.
Treasurer Brandon Beach also trumpeted the decision.
'The president's mark on history as the architect of America's Golden Age economic revival is undeniable,' he said. 'Printing his signature on the American currency is not only appropriate, but also well-deserved.'
President Donald Trump will become the first-ever US president to have his signature appear on every single dollar. He is pictured holding up his signed signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House last year
The first $100 bills with Trump's signature and that of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be printed in June, followed by other bills in subsequent months
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Comment nowThe signature change is the latest effort by the Trump administration and its allies to put the president's name on buildings, institutions, government programs, warships and coins.
A federal arts panel, whose members Trump appointed, approved last week the design for a 24-karat commemorative gold coin with Trump's image, also in honor of America's 250th birthday.
The coin's design, however, still requires official approval from the Treasury.
A similar effort to circulate a $1 Trump coin was set back by laws prohibiting the depiction of living individuals on currency.
A statute governing the printing of Federal Reserve notes gives the Treasury broad discretion to change designs to guard against counterfeiting.
The law requires keeping certain elements, including the words 'In God We Trust,' and only allows portraits of deceased individuals.
But the president has been successful in leaving his mark on the federal government in other ways, including by stamping his name onto COVID stimulus checks, which gave direct cash payments to Americans during the pandemic.
Trump's name is now also affixed to the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the US Institute of Peace in Washington, as well as to his discount drug program and savings accounts.
