US President Donald Trump.
US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has confirmed his department is prepared to design a US$250 (NZ$420) note featuring President Donald Trump.
Federal laws currently prevent the printing of a living US person on currency but Bessent said "we have to be prepared" as Republicans introduce legislation in Congress that would make an exception.
Bessent denied the Trump administration is behind the push, and insisted there was nothing inappropriate about it.
"There is proposed legislation in front of the House and in front of the Senate so that a living person, Donald J Trump, could be on a $250 bill. It's all up on Capitol Hill," he said.
