Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday that the agency could create a $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump ― but that doesn’t mean social media users are buying it.Bessent told reporters that while federal law prohibits featuring living people on U.S. currency, there is legislation in the House to change that requirement so that his boss can be on the proposed bill.Although Trump has a habit of putting his name and likeness on anything possible, Bessent insisted his administration isn’t lobbying for the bill and said the decision is solely in the hands of the House and the Senate.It has been illegal to put a living person on U.S. currency since 1866, although there is a special provision for currency commemorating an event.“I don’t think there is anything untoward about having the president of the United States — the person who is president of the United States — on the $250 bill,” Bessent insisted.Social media users didn’t seem as excited as Bessent about seeing Trump’s face in their wallets.In violation of laws against putting a living president’s likeness on our currency, Donald Trump wants his image on a $250 bill.How about trying to help Americans with their bills instead? https://t.co/juN7ukaJwi— Adam Schiff (@SenAdamSchiff) May 28, 2026George Washington declined to be featured on currency when he was living, fearing it would be reminiscent of a monarch.Congress in 1866 passed the Thayer amendment, which stated "no portrait or likeness of any living person shall be engraved or placed upon any of the bonds,… https://t.co/yNR5Q3Soor— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) May 28, 2026I'll bet he'd find something "untoward" about it if it were President Harris on that bill. Of course, President Harris never would have made up a $250 bill in the first place. https://t.co/g3xrRIrsrA— Casey Lewis 🪷 (@cynical_tutu) May 28, 2026No living US president has had their face on US currency in 150 years since Congress passed a law banning it. Because that’s what dictators and autocrats do. https://t.co/vJqcdFs4nW— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 28, 2026America’s 250th anniversary is supposed to celebrate the rejection of kings. Putting a living president’s face on a vanity $250 bill is exactly the kind of cult nonsense the Founders despised. https://t.co/Q6DMxlmYy8— Billy Binion (@billybinion) May 28, 2026But one person saw at least one good thing about Bessent’s proposal: He seems willing to let Congress do its job.