\n The US will soon begin issuing passports featuring an image of President Donald Trump inside, a State Department official said Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n
\n The official said that the passport \u201cwill be the default passport out of the Washington Passport Agency when available\u201d for those who renew their passports in person at that location.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cOnline options or other locations will maintain existing passport design,\u201d the official said.\n <\/p>\n
\n The presence of Trump\u2019s likeness in the US passports is the latest \u2013 and most significant \u2013 instance of his image being used for an item said to be commemorating the 250th anniversary of US independence. Unlike a commemorative coin<\/a> or national park pass<\/a>, a US passport is an internationally recognized form of identification that is typically valid for 10 years.\n <\/p>\n \n According to a mockup of the passport, Trump\u2019s face and his signature in gold will appear on the inside cover.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cAs the United States celebrates America\u2019s 250th anniversary in July, the State Department is preparing to release a limited number of specially designed U.S. Passports to commemorate this historic occasion,\u201d State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said Tuesday.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cThese passports will feature customized artwork and enhanced imagery while maintaining the same security features that make the U.S. Passport the most secure documents in the world,\u201d he said.\n <\/p>\n \n The news was first reported<\/a> by The Bulwark, and Fox News first published<\/a> a mockup of the new passport.\n <\/p>\n \n The State Department will begin to issue the passports this summer. It is unclear how many will be issued.\n <\/p>\n \n According to the mockup of the passport, the back cover will show an image from \u201cThe Declaration of Independence\u201d painting by John Trumbull.\n <\/p>\n \n Currently, the inside front cover of the US passports show an image of Percy Moran\u2019s painting of Francis Scott Key the morning after the bombardment of Fort McHenry \u2013 the battle that inspired Key to write what would become the US national anthem. Lines from the anthem are also printed inside the front cover.\n <\/p>\n \n The Department of the Interior, which oversees national parks, announced last year it was unveiling \u201ccommemorative new designs\u201d for park passes, one of which features Trump\u2019s face alongside George Washington.\n <\/p>\n \n \u201cIt is the department\u2019s honor to showcase the America the Beautiful pass honoring America\u2019s 250th anniversary and the generations who have protected our lands,\u201d Secretary Doug Burgum said in a video posted on the department\u2019s website<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n \n And last month, Trump\u2019s handpicked Commission of Fine Arts voted to approve<\/a> a commemorative coin for the United States\u2019 250th birthday featuring the president\u2019s likeness.\n <\/p>\n \n Last year, Trump\u2019s name was also affixed to both the Kennedy Center<\/a> and the US Institute of Peace<\/a>.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US will soon begin issuing passports featuring an image of President Donald Trump inside, a State Department…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":611951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-611950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611950","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=611950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/611951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}