Trump wants to appear on a $250 note. But it is forbidden
According to the Washington Post, the Treasury Department lobbied the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Imprinting the face of a living person has been prohibited since 1866
Trump administration officials allegedly pressured the office responsible for printing the national currency to design a $250 banknote with the president's portrait. This was reported by the US newspaper Washington Post, which interviewed four people including current and former employees of the US Mint.
Since last year, reports the Wp, two political appointees of the Treasury Department - US Treasury Treasurer Brandon Beach and his senior advisor Mike Brown - have allegedly repeatedly urged staff at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototypes of the banknote.
According to the employees, the request raised concerns because federal law currently only allows portraits of deceased persons to be stamped on banknotes.
As part of the initiative, Beach provided bureau staff in August and September with bills of the bill, including one showing Trump's face in the centre of the $250 bill, between the signatures of the president and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, according to one of the employees and documents examined by the Washington Post.
The artist who claims to have created the sketch told Wp that he had discussed it directly with Trump. British painter Iain Alexander said Trump had approved changes to his original design, such as adding the colours of the American flag and a commemorative logo for the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding.
