1 of 2 | U.S. President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, December 18, 2025. On Thursday, the Treasury Department announced that Trump’s signature would be included on paper currency. File Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo
The signature of President Donald Trump will appear on future paper currency, according to the Treasury Department, which said the move was in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States.
“There is no more powerful way to recognize the historic achievements of our great country and President Donald J. Trump than U.S. dollar bills bearing his name, and it is only appropriate that this historic currency be issued at the semiquincentennial,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.
Little information about the decision was made public. It was not clear exactly on which bills and when his signature will appear.
Though the portraits of former presidents adorn the fronts of some coins, no president — let alone a sitting one — has ever had a signature appear on paper currency, which traditionally bears the signatures of the U.S. treasurer and Treasury secretary in office when they were printed.
Since returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump has had his name added to a growing list of U.S. institutions, programs and symbols.
In December, the Trump administration renamed the U.S. Institute of Peace the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace, a move that is part of ongoing litigation concerning the congressionally created nonprofit organization.
That same month, Trump’s handpicked board of trustees for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, which he chairs, voted to rename the iconic institution The Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.
And then before that Christmas, Trump announced plans for the Navy to build a new Trump-class of battleships.
Federal arts officials have also advanced plans for a $1 commemorative coin bearing Trump’s likeness, and the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts recently approved a 24-karat commemorative gold coin featuring Trump.
Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, called the announcement of Trump’s signature being printed on paper currency “gross and un-American.”
“Is anyone else getting tired of this narcissistic nonsense?” she asked online.
“Trump only cares about himself and he’s using every part of OUR government as a branding opportunity.”
