Donald Trump’s face to function on commemorative US passports, report says | EUROtoday

After including his face to U.S. National Parks passes, President Donald Trump is now reportedly planning to place his picture on one other federal doc: the U.S. Passport.

The State Department is reportedly finalizing a “radical redesign” of the passport that may embrace a picture of Trump from his second inaugural portrait, in keeping with the Bulwark.

The new design can be part of plans to mark the United States’ 250th anniversary.

Annmarie Hordern, Bloomberg’s chief political correspondent, shared a mock-up picture of the proposed passport replace on X. The picture reveals Trump’s portrait and signature on one web page and one other web page depicting John Trumbull’s portray of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

A State Department official was quoted by CNN as saying that the passport that includes Trump’s face “will be the default passport out of the Washington Passport Agency when available” for individuals renewing their passports in particular person. “Online options or other locations will maintain existing passport design,” they added.

It is believed that the brand new design will start to be issued this summer time.

State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott mentioned in an announcement: “As the United States celebrates America’s 250th anniversary in July, the State Department is preparing to release a limited number of specially designed U.S. Passports to commemorate this historic occasion.

“These passports will feature customized artwork and enhanced imagery while maintaining the same security features that make the U.S. Passport the most secure documents in the world.”

The information was greeted with scorn by some Trump critics. Bill Kristol, editor-at-large on the Bulwarktweeted: “I wonder if someday a ‘Trump passport’ will be valuable as an oddity, like one of those coins minted with a mistake on them.”

It can be the most recent occasion of Trump imposing his personal character wherever he can. The Treasury Department is planning to launch a $1 gold coin that includes Trump’s face, and the Commission of Fine Arts not too long ago gave its blessing for a commemorative pure gold coin bearing his picture.

Not solely will Trump have his face on two cash, the Treasury Department additionally introduced he can be the primary sitting president to have his signature added onto American paper forex.

As beforehand talked about, these hoping to flee politics and discover America’s cherished National Parks will probably be compelled to take a look at the president in the event that they use a National Parks go for entry.

Trump’s $1 million Gold Card additionally contains his face, together with a bald eagle and the Statue of Liberty.

The president added his title to the enduring Washington, D.C. Kennedy Center arts venue after which promptly introduced it will be shut down for 2 years for renovations. A wave of artists had cancelled their upcoming performances on the heart in protest on the choice so as to add Trump’s title.

Before launching his battle in Iran, Trump added his title to the U.S. Institute of Peace. Similar to the Kennedy Center, the title change occurred solely after the president fired the group’s board. He went additional, firing everybody on the institute and giving management of it to the General Services Administration.

In December, Trump introduced that he needed to construct a brand new fleet of warships known as the “Trump-class.” The first battleship to bear that designation would be the deliberate USS Defiant.

In March 2025, Trump introduced the development of a sixth-generation stealth fighter jet that may bear the designation F-47. While not together with his title, Trump is the U.S.’s forty fifth and forty seventh president.

Earlier this yr, the president launched a brand new web site — TrumpRx — the place Americans can discover reductions for buying pharmaceuticals. Trump insisted when he introduced the location that he didn’t select the title.

Trump even posted an AI-generated picture of himself as Jesus Christ, although he later deleted it after vital backlash and claimed it was meant to point out him as a health care provider therapeutic sick individuals.

The Independent has contacted the State Department for remark,