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US government pushes to put Donald Trump’s face on new $250 bill
The US government is working on a $250 note to bear the face of Donald Trump, his treasury secretary has announced.
The draft revealed by Secretary Scott Bessent features Trump's face taken from the mugshot from his arrest in Georgia in 2023.
The bill will also include his signature, a departure from previous US currency.
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"I don't think there's anything untoward about having the president of the United States on the 250th anniversary bill," Bessent said.
But he did concede that the law would need to change to allow Trump's face on money.
Under a law passed in 1866, living people cannot appear on US currency.
But legislation introduced by Congressman Joe Wilson, a conservative Republican, would change that.
"Grateful to commemorate President Trump's legacy of greatness and the 250 anniversary of America," Wilson said.
"The most valuable President on our most valuable bill."
While the president has frequently minted commemorative coins bearing his face, this note is intended to be legal tender widely used across the country.
The plan was strongly criticised by Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver.
"While Americans are struggling to put food on the table, keep up with rising energy costs, and pay for health care, the administration is focused on illegally putting the president's face on money," Cleaver said.
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"As the president made very clear: 'I don't think about Americans' financial situation'."
Congresswoman Judy Chu noted that inflation was at a three-year high.
"And what are Trump's priorities? Slapping his face on a $250 bill, just to boost his own ego," she said.
"Every day he makes it more clear that he doesn't care about the American people, only himself."
The move to put Trump's face on money comes as the president's approval rating continues to sink.
A poll released fby YouGov this week shows him with just a 34 per cent approval rating, with 59 per cent disapproving.
Trump has previously intervened to stop a 2016 plan from the Obama administration to replace President Andrew Jackson on the $20 note with abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
He decried the plan to replace the now-maligned former president with Tubman as "pure political correctness".
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