{"id":547622,"date":"2026-03-27T02:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/547622\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T02:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T02:53:09","slug":"treasury-to-put-trumps-signature-on-paper-currency-in-historic-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/547622\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasury to put Trump’s signature on paper currency in historic move"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The U.S. Treasury Department plans to put President Donald Trump\u2019s signature on all new U.S. paper currency, the agency announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The move would be a first for a sitting president, since traditionally, U.S. paper currency carries the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer, not the president. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s the latest instance of Trump putting his name and likeness<\/a> on American cultural institutions, following his renaming of the U.S. Institute of Peace<\/a>, the Kennedy Center performing arts venue<\/a> and a new class of battleships<\/a>, among other tributes.<\/p>\n

And the plans come in tandem with an ongoing effort to get Trump\u2019s face on a coin, which has also drawn criticism since federal law prohibits the depiction of a living president on U.S. currency.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, a federal arts commission approved the final design for a 24-karat gold commemorative coin<\/a> bearing Trump\u2019s image to help celebrate America\u2019s 250th birthday on July 4. The vote by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, whose members are supporters of the Republican president and were appointed by him earlier this year, was without objection. <\/p>\n

Treasury says the plan to include Trump\u2019s signature on all new paper currency is intended to honor the nation\u2019s 250th birthday, and that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent\u2019s signature would also appear on the currency. <\/p>\n

Bessent said in a statement that \u201cthere is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country\u201d than with U.S dollar bills bearing Trump\u2019s name.<\/p>\n

Michael Bordo, director of the Center for Monetary and Financial History at Rutgers, said the move will undoubtedly come with political pushback, \u201cbut I do not know if he has crossed any legal red lines\u201d since the Treasury Secretary may have the authority to decide who signs the currency.<\/p>\n

In 1862, Congress authorized the Treasury Secretary to design and print paper currency, known as \u201cgreenbacks,\u201d to finance the Civil War.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing is responsible for producing all paper currency while the U.S. Mint produces all the coins. According to the Federal Reserve, more than $2 trillion in Federal Reserve notes are in circulation.<\/p>\n

Democrats criticized the move in part because the announcement comes as Americans face rising costs at the grocery store and the gas pump. The war in Iran , which began Feb. 28<\/a>, has caused oil and gas prices to soar, deepening people\u2019s affordability concerns.<\/p>\n

Rep. Shontel Brown, D-OH, tweeted on X Thursday evening that the Treasury plan is \u201cgross and un-American. But at least it will remind us who to thank when we pay more for gas, goods, and groceries,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach said in a statement that printing Trump\u2019s signature on the American currency \u201cis not only appropriate, but also well deserved.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bordo said, \u201cIt also means that many years from now those bills will be collectors\u2019 items.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The U.S. Treasury Department plans to put President Donald Trump\u2019s signature on all new U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,12,793,801,244147,3,139727,111,4666,795,21,19,22,20,25,24,800],"class_list":["post-547622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-donald-trump","tag-general-news","tag-iran","tag-michael-bordo","tag-news","tag-oil-and-gas-industry","tag-politics","tag-scott-bessent","tag-u-s-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-washington-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}