#Trump appointees push $250 banknote with his portrait
The printing director who resisted the effort said she was [coincidentally] “reassigned” last month. “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2026/05/28/trump-250-bill-pushed-by-treasury-appointees/
Starting last year, 2 political appointees at the #Treasury Dept— US Treasurer Brandon Beach & his snr adviser, Mike Brown — repeatedly urged staff at the agency’s Bureau of Engraving & Printing to prepare prototypes of the note, acc/to the employees, who said the move raised concerns because #federal #law currently allows only deceased people to appear on bills.
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As part of the effort, Beach in August & September provided bureau staff with mock-up designs for the note, including one that shows Trump’s face in the center of the $250 bill between the signatures of the president & #Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, acc/to one of the employees & records reviewed by The Washington Post.
The artist who said he designed the mock-up told The Post that he had spoken with #Trump about it.
British painter Iain Alexander said #Trump himself endorsed changes to his original design, such as adding the colors of the US flag & a logo commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.
…No living person has appeared on #US #currency since 1866, when it was #outlawed after the image of a mid-level #Treasury bureaucrat showed up on a 5-cent note.
#Legislation that would allow #Trump to appear on a $250 bill was introduced in #Congress last year to commemorate the nation’s 250th anniversary but has languished.
…The director of the printing bureau, Patricia “Patty” Solimene, & other staff repeatedly explained to Beach & Brown that there were legal & procedural obstacles to producing the note & that it would take years longer than they envisioned, the four employees said.
The two political appointees were dismissive in response, two of the current employees said.
“She had told them we’re not authorized to do this. We can’t progress any further, and all the stakeholders have not even met to discuss the next steps,” said one of the employees. “Currency often takes six to eight years to produce a new bill, particularly one of such high value.”
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She added that she “never sacrificed the values or character of myself or the organization & always prioritized the #US #Currency Program & the value each employee brings to the mission.”
“The buck stopped here,” she wrote.
Solimene did not specify in the email why she was reassigned & did not return calls seeking comment. A 24-year Army #veteran, she had been the first #female director of the bureau.
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Solimene & her staff had consented to another #Trump administration request: to print $100 bills featuring Trump’s signature, according to the four employees. They said those bills — the FIRST in American #history to bear a sitting president’s signature — are currently being printed at the bureau’s downtown Washington facility.
While no #law prohibits printing bills with Trump’s signature, #US #currency experts say that producing a $250 note featuring the president‘s image would run afoul of current laws. One states only a “deceased individual” may be depicted on US currency. Another specifies which denominations the bureau may produce.
Larry R. Felix, a former director of the bureau, said “a $250 note is not statutorily authorized” without an act of #Congress.
experts say that producing a $250 note featuring the president‘s image would run afoul of current laws. One states only a “deceased individual” may be depicted on US currency.
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I for one would be willing to take that trade off
he should just do this like disney bucks.
print worthless paper and his idiot followers will eagerly pay above $250 for that collectible, just like a franklin mint commemorative plate...
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