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US President Donald Trump could soon appear on a new $250 bill, in the Republican’s latest move to shatter US traditions by putting his personal stamp on national institutions.
A proposal for the new bill, featuring a glaring Trump, was reported on Thursday by The Washington Post. If carried out, it would be the first time the image of a living person — let alone a president — had appeared on US currency in a century and a half.
The design mock-up obtained by The Washington Post also shows the words “America 250 anniversary,” a nod to the United States declaring its independence on July 4, 1776.
According to WaPo, two Trump appointees at the Treasury Department last year began urging staff at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to prepare prototypes.
