Scott Bessent Confirms He’s Planning a $250 Bill

“Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that his agency had been working on a mock-up of a $250 note bearing the face of President Trump in preparation for an addition to the nation’s paper currency that would for the first time include the portrait of a living president,” the New York Times reports. 

“Such a move would represent a dramatic remaking of American money, which currently is only allowed to bear the image of the deceased. Mr. Trump has also pushed for the creation of a $1 coin bearing his image and is having his signature added to U.S. currency this year.”