Trump signature to appear on U.S. dollar bills in historic first

U.S. dollar bills will bear the signature of President Donald Trump to mark the 250th anniversary of American independence, the Treasury Department announced, a first for a sitting president.

Trump’s signature will be placed on all U.S. paper currency and will replace the signature of the United States Treasurer on U.S. currency for the first time in 165 years. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the move would recognize the Trump administration’s “historic accomplishments.”

“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are on a path to unprecedented economic growth, lasting dollar dominance, and fiscal strength and stability,” Bessent said in a statement. “There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump than U.S. dollar bills bearing his name, and it is only fitting that this historic currency is issued on the semi-quincentennial.”

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President Donald Trump’s signature will appear on U.S. paper money to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the Treasury Department announced Thursday. (Fox News/Getty Images)

The first $100 bills bearing the signatures of Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be produced in June, followed by other denominations in the coming months, Reuters reported.

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US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, DC, (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

The Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing is currently continuing to produce notes bearing the signatures of former President Joe Biden’s Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Treasurer Lynn Malerba, Reuters reported.

In a statement, Treasurer Brandon Beach said putting Trump’s signature on U.S. currency was “not only appropriate, but well-deserved” given his “mark in history as the architect of the economic renaissance of America’s Gilded Age.”

Thursday’s announcement comes as Trump struggles to put himself on a coin. The design for a commemorative gold coin in his image was approved by a federal arts committee.

The Treasury building is seen in Washington, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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During that time, Trump’s name has been plastered on buildings, government programs and institutions.