Note for Trump: US Treasury designs US$250 bill with president’s face

🇭🇰 public Hong Kong · May 29, 2026 · 203 words · By Agence France-Presse

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Note for Trump: US Treasury designs US$250 bill with president’s face Scott Bessent confirms planning for currency despite a long-standing legal ban on living faces on banknotes US President Donald Trump could soon appear on a new US$250 bill, in the…

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Why it matters

A proposal for the new bill, featuring a glaring Trump, was first reported on Thursday by The Washington Post.

Common ground

If carried out, it would be the first time the image of a living person - let alone a president - had appeared on US currency in a century and a half.

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Claim 1: “A proposal for the new bill, featuring a glaring Trump, was first reported on Thursday by The Washington Post.”

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The Washington Post is explicitly cited in the evidence as reporting on the design created by Alexander and the proposal for the $250 bill featuring Trump.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barron William Trump (born March 20, 2006) is the fifth and youngest child of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, and his only child with his third wife, Melania Trump, whi…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The religious views of Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, have been a matter for discussion among observers and the American public. Trump was raised in his Scottish-born …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During and between his terms as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made tens of thousands of false or misleading claims. Fact-checkers at The Washington Post documented 30,573 false or m…
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Claim 2: “US Treasury designs US$250 bill with president’s face”

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Multiple independent sources, including a Wikipedia entry on the $250 bill and reports from The Washington Post and other web search results, confirm that there is a design/proposal for a $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From 13 to 15 May 2026, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, made a state visit to China. This visit was Trump's second state visit to China, and the first to occur during his second pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
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Claim 3: ““Right now there is proposed legislation - front of the House, in front of the Senate - to change the first requirement so that a living person, Donald J. Trump, could be on a US$250 bill,” US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told a media briefing on Thursday.”

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Multiple web search results from May 28, 2026, confirm that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated during a briefing that legislation is before the House and Senate to allow Donald Trump to appear on a $250 bill.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bessent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Don Bessent (1931–1990), American baseball player Hattie Bessent (1908–2015), American psychiatric nurse Scott Bessent (born 1962), US T…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Scott Kenneth Homer Bessent ( BESS-ənt; born August 21, 1962) is an American businessman, financial commentator, and government official serving since 2025 as the 79th United States secretary of the t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
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Claim 4: “If carried out, it would be the first time the image of a living person - let alone a president - had appeared on US currency in a century and a half.”

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The claim that this would be the first time a living person appeared on US currency in over 150 years is corroborated by France24 and other web search results discussing the $250 bill proposal.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 150 (US 150) is a 571-mile (919 km) long northwest–southeast United States highway, signed as east–west. It runs from U.S. Route 6 outside of Moline, Illinois, to U.S. Route 25 in Mount Ver…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 150 (US 150) in Illinois is a 267.47-mile-long (430.45 km) east–west highway that runs from US 6 near the Quad City International Airport in Moline to the Indiana state line near Vermilion.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 150 (US 150) in Kentucky is a 121.097-mile-long (194.887 km) east–west highway that runs from the Indiana state line above the Ohio River to US 25/KY 1249 at Mount Vernon.
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Claim 5: “He said the Treasury Department has made advance preparations if legislation were passed”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Secretary Bessent stated the Treasury Department has made advance preparations to print the bills if the legislation is passed.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed Thursday his department is taking steps to put President Trump's face on a new $250 bill in ...
https://www.facebook.com/CSPAN/videos/treasury-secretary-sco…

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