Trump appointees push $250 bank note with his image

[Matted Joybeard]

You roll up to the gas station and holler at the pump jockey "give me a Trump!" and he fills you up, tops off your wiper fluid and you also get a Hershey bar. All this for only one crisp Trump buck!

 

[frigidweirdo]

Have we ever had a more damaged and delusional man as President? Definitely not in the modern era, and likely never in history.




Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing the nation’s money to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait, according to four current and former employees, in what would be the first appearance of a living person on U.S. currency in more than 150 years.

Starting last year, two political appointees at the Treasury Department — U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach and his senior adviser, Mike Brown — repeatedly urged staff at the agency’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototypes of the note, according to the employees, who said the move raised concerns because federal law currently allows only deceased people to appear on bills.

As part of the effort, Beach in August and September provided bureau staff with mock-up designs for the note, including one that shows President Donald Trump’s face in the center of the $250 bill between the signatures of the president and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to one of the employees and 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 endorsed changes to his original design, such as adding the colors of the American flag and a logo commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.

No living person has appeared on U.S. 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, and other staff repeatedly explained to Beach and Brown that there were legal and procedural obstacles to producing the note and 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.”

Solimene said she was abruptly reassigned from her post by Treasury management on April 27, writing the next day in an email to colleagues that she was leaving with a “heavy heart.” She wrote in her goodbye email, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, that she had beenreassigned to another job in the Treasury Department and that her departure was “not my choice.”

She added that she “never sacrificed the values or character of myself or the organization and always prioritized the U.S. Currency Program and the value each employee brings to the mission.”

“The buck stopped here,” she wrote.

WaPo

Coins with his image, banknotes with his signature, and this. The guy has an ego bigger than his ass

 

[Zincwarrior]

You roll up to the gas station and holler at the pump jockey "give me a Trump!" and he fills you up, tops off your wiper fluid and you also get a Hershey bar. All this for only one crisp Trump buck!

Also they steal your tires and tell you its fine.

 

[drudge X]

Coins with his image, banknotes with his signature, and this. The guy has an ego bigger than his ass

You forgot Trump trading cards, Trump phone, Trump Rx, Trump 401K, and Trump passport.

He just love to annoy the heck out of leftists.

 

[22lcidw]

Also they steal your tires and tell you its fine.

Trump is making sure that you guys remove his name from everything he has put it on. Or with his blessing, the follow-on Republican President will change them.

 

[Mashmont]

Have we ever had a more damaged and delusional man as President? Definitely not in the modern era, and likely never in history.




Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing the nation’s money to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait, according to four current and former employees, in what would be the first appearance of a living person on U.S. currency in more than 150 years.

Starting last year, two political appointees at the Treasury Department — U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach and his senior adviser, Mike Brown — repeatedly urged staff at the agency’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototypes of the note, according to the employees, who said the move raised concerns because federal law currently allows only deceased people to appear on bills.

As part of the effort, Beach in August and September provided bureau staff with mock-up designs for the note, including one that shows President Donald Trump’s face in the center of the $250 bill between the signatures of the president and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to one of the employees and 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 endorsed changes to his original design, such as adding the colors of the American flag and a logo commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.

No living person has appeared on U.S. 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, and other staff repeatedly explained to Beach and Brown that there were legal and procedural obstacles to producing the note and 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.”

Solimene said she was abruptly reassigned from her post by Treasury management on April 27, writing the next day in an email to colleagues that she was leaving with a “heavy heart.” She wrote in her goodbye email, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, that she had beenreassigned to another job in the Treasury Department and that her departure was “not my choice.”

She added that she “never sacrificed the values or character of myself or the organization and always prioritized the U.S. Currency Program and the value each employee brings to the mission.”

“The buck stopped here,” she wrote.

WaPo

As a numismatist, I love the idea. It's very fitting for the greatest president in American history to be on the bill.

 

[frigidweirdo]

You forgot Trump trading cards, Trump phone, Trump Rx, Trump 401K, and Trump passport.

He just love to annoy the heck out of leftists.

Is it to annoy people? I don't think so. I think it's because he wants to be remembered. His ego is that bad.

 

[Mashmont]

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$100 wasn't big enough, his ego demanded something bigger.

The good news is that, like the hundreds of other lawsuits, it'll never happen. It ain't a vanity plate.

He wants it, but there are laws and procedures saying no way.

He's been putting up 5 foot banners all over DC with his face on them.

Tacky, immature, unbelievable..

But even as a liberal, you're glad Giggles didn't become president.

 

[Orangecat]

Have we ever had a more damaged and delusional man as President? Definitely not in the modern era, and likely never in history.




Trump administration officials have pressed the office responsible for printing the nation’s money to design a $250 bill featuring the president’s portrait, according to four current and former employees, in what would be the first appearance of a living person on U.S. currency in more than 150 years.

Starting last year, two political appointees at the Treasury Department — U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach and his senior adviser, Mike Brown — repeatedly urged staff at the agency’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototypes of the note, according to the employees, who said the move raised concerns because federal law currently allows only deceased people to appear on bills.

As part of the effort, Beach in August and September provided bureau staff with mock-up designs for the note, including one that shows President Donald Trump’s face in the center of the $250 bill between the signatures of the president and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to one of the employees and 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 endorsed changes to his original design, such as adding the colors of the American flag and a logo commemorating the 250th anniversary of the nation’s founding.

No living person has appeared on U.S. 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, and other staff repeatedly explained to Beach and Brown that there were legal and procedural obstacles to producing the note and 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.”

Solimene said she was abruptly reassigned from her post by Treasury management on April 27, writing the next day in an email to colleagues that she was leaving with a “heavy heart.” She wrote in her goodbye email, a copy of which was obtained by The Post, that she had beenreassigned to another job in the Treasury Department and that her departure was “not my choice.”

She added that she “never sacrificed the values or character of myself or the organization and always prioritized the U.S. Currency Program and the value each employee brings to the mission.”

“The buck stopped here,” she wrote.

WaPo

I hope he does! I’ll convert my $100 bill collection to $250s!

 

[drudge X]

Is it to annoy people? I don't think so. I think it's because he wants to be remembered. His ego is that bad.

You may not be but the diehard TDS folks are annoyed as heck. He is preparing all this for his presidency library to cement his legacy. Whether you believe his legacy is crap is irrelevant. To Trump, he is able to do all that within four years while keeping the opposition at bay is impressive.

 

[late]

But even as a liberal, you're glad Giggles didn't become president.

That's one way of telling us your contact with reality is rare and random.

 

[frigidweirdo]

You may not be but the diehard TDS folks are annoyed as heck. He is preparing all this for his presidency library to cement his legacy. Whether you believe his legacy is crap is irrelevant. To Trump, he is able to do all that within four years while keeping the opposition at bay is impressive.

Maybe they are. But Trump isn't doing it because of that.

He is doing it in part because he's playing his base, who are stupid and get off on pissing people off.

But Trump's reasons are for his own ego. Getting these idiots to support him not matter what.

 

[Invisibleflash]

Meh.
Portraits of living Presidents on U.S. currency are illegal due to laws like the Thayer Amendment of 1866 and the Presidential $1 Coin Act of 2005, which prohibit such depictions to avoid the appearance of a monarchy.
Encyclopedia Britannica U.S. Senate

 

[petro]

Lol.
A lot of pearl clutching from libtards who can't afford a Trump 250.

 

[drudge X]

Maybe they are. But Trump isn't doing it because of that.

He is doing it in part because he's playing his base, who are stupid and get off on pissing people off.

But Trump's reasons are for his own ego. Getting these idiots to support him not matter what.

You have a narrow view. Many in his base know what he is doing. I know what he is doing. You know why Trump is able to sell his ego and his supporters will buy no matter the reason? Because the alternative Harris is far worse. Democrats can point fingers and scream white supremacy for the loss but I can assure you, his supporters don’t care. Perhaps Democrats should ask themselves how they got themselves into this mess before pointing fingers. Now before you blame the idiots who support him, you should reflect back what the Democrats and media have done under four years of Biden. Instead of taking ownership of the problems the party created, all I see and hear were ongoing gaslighting for four years. You don’t think people know this and tired of the gaslighting?

 

[JGalt]

I love it when he is doing a stellar job pissing leftists off.

Trump-haters must be illiterate, ignorant, or both.. This wasn't even Trump's idea, the proposal was introduced by Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC).

 

[petro]

Trump-haters must be illiterate, ignorant, or both.. This wasn't even Trump's idea, the proposal was introduced by Representative Joe Wilson (R-SC).

It must be exhausting for these idiots to maintain a perpetual outrage about anything Trump.
Probably loaded their Pez dispensers with Xanax.

 

[MostBoringManInTheWorld]

Actually, this is a great idea!

When history looks back at the two presidents whose visages were emblazoned upon our legal tender in their lifetimes, they are going to laugh uproariously -- at Trump!

Meanwhile, the people in this thread who believe this is not at all real are the epitome of stable geniuses.

 

[dudmuck]

Lol.
A lot of pearl clutching from libtards who can't afford a Trump 250.

 

[Winco]

You forgot Trump trading cards, Trump phone, Trump Rx, Trump 401K, and Trump passport.

He just love to annoy the heck out of leftists.

It’s not about trolling or annoying
It’s about being Anti-American and promoting everything trump

He is doing this for self glorification.

Sad

As a numismatist, I love the idea. It's very fitting for the greatest president in American history to be on the bill.

Even you can’t keep up this facade much longer.