Treasury will add Trump’s signature to future U.S. paper currency

President Trump has found another thing to slap his name on: U.S. currency.

The Treasury Department announced Thursday that Mr. Trump’s signature will soon adorn paper bills, marking the first time a sitting president’s name has been added.

Secretary Scott Bessent said the move is being made in honor of the country’s 250th anniversary celebration this year and, he said, Mr. Trump deserves the singular honor.

“Under President Trump’s leadership, we are on a path toward unprecedented economic growth, lasting dollar dominance, and fiscal strength and stability,” Mr Bessent said in a statement. “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.”

U.S. Treasurer Brandon Beach, who along with Mr. Bessent, is the other person whose signature currently graces paper money, also said the president has earned the honor for being “the architect of America’s Golden Age economic revival.”

“Printing his signature on the American currency is not only appropriate, but also well deserved,” Mr. Beach said.

Mr. Trump is famous for liking to see his name and picture on things.

His company is the Trump Organization, his building in New York is the Trump Tower and his golf course in northern Virginia is the Trump National. He added his name to the Kennedy Center and put it on the building’s signage.

He’s even said he had considered renaming the body of water south of the U.S. as the Gulf of Trump, though he settled on Gulf of America to replace the Gulf of Mexico.

The government also put Mr. Trump’s face alongside George Washington on its annual park and federal lands pass, supplanting the usual nature scene.

The National Park Service has said passes that have Mr. Trump’s face covered or defaced won’t be honored.

Financial institutions may see that same behavior with the new Trump-signed bills as well.

The president’s penchant for adding his name and likeness has been met with lawsuits. Both the parks pass and the Kennedy Center renaming have been challenged in court.