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Trump Pushes Shocking Plan To Put His Face On $250 Bill In Unprecedented Power Move

The president has proposed a $250 bill with his own picture.

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Is the president trying to put his name on legal tender?

In what’s a shocking ego trip even by Trump standards, Trump Administration figures are pushing to put the president’s picture on a new $250 bill, the Washington Post reported. And not only that, but the official who resisted the effort has been “reassigned.”

“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,” the Post reported.

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach and his senior adviser, Mike Brown, are the Treasury officials making the push, the Post said.

Federal law does not allow living people to appear on currency, a rule that has been in effect since the 19th century. Legislation was introduced last year to allow Trump to appear on a $250 bill, but it never went anywhere in Congress.

“Should this legislative mandate be signed into law, the BEP is moving proactively to produce a $250 commemorative note which will appropriately recognize the 250th Anniversary of our great nation,” the Treasury Department told the newspaper in a statement.

Patricia “Patty” Solimene is the official who resisted the push, the Post reported, telling other officials that “there were legal and procedural obstacles to producing the note and that it would take years longer than they envisioned.”

“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,” an employee told the Post. “Currency often takes six to eight years to produce a new bill, particularly one of such high value.”

Social media users were shocked to discover the news.

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 
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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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