Preparations are underway to add President Trump’s signature to the US dollar. His name has been linked to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Plans to mint a 24-carat gold coin bearing his image are moving forward.
There are now plans to issue a limited edition US passport bearing the President’s likeness.
The State Department unveiled the plans Tuesday, saying the new passports will be made available this summer to commemorate the country’s 250th anniversary. According to State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott, a “limited number of specially designed” passports will be issued. The department said they will be available to any US citizen who applies for it at a Washington passport agency when the rollout occurs and will be available while inventory lasts.
Pictures of proposed designWhich Mr Piggott said would feature “customised artwork and enhanced imagery”, featuring a serious-looking Mr Trump above his signature in gold ink.
The State Department said there would be no additional cost for the Trump-themed passports. It is unclear how many will be produced.
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The new passport design is the latest example of the president or his allies pressuring institutions in Washington and across the country to put his name, image or signature on them. His face is displayed alongside that of George Washington on this year’s national park passes, and some of his administration’s initiatives, such as the Trump Savings Account for Children and TrumpRx, where Americans can purchase prescription drugs directly from a doctor, are named after him.
Some proposals have failed, such as Mr. Trump’s pressure campaign on the Democratic minority leader, Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, to rename New York’s Penn Station in exchange for releasing billions of dollars in frozen federal infrastructure funds.
Others – such as the addition of Mr Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center and the United States Institute of Peace – are mired in litigation.
Michael Crowley Contributed to the reporting.
