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demmiblue

(39,737 posts)
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:45 PM Mar 26

Exclusive: Trump's signature to appear on US currency, Treasury says, ending 165-year tradition

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. paper currency will bear President Donald Trump's signature to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the ​Treasury Department said on Thursday, a first for a sitting president, while ‌deleting the Treasurer of the United States' signature from U.S. money for the first time in 165 years.

The Treasury said in a statement to Reuters that the first $100 bills with Trump's signature and ​that of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be printed in June, followed ​by other bills in subsequent months.

The Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and ⁠Printing is currently still producing notes bearing the signatures of former President Joe Biden's ​Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, and Treasurer Lynn Malerba.

Malerba will be the last of an ​unbroken line of Treasurers whose signatures had appeared on U.S. federal currency since 1861, when it was first issued by the U.S. government.


Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trumps-signature-appear-us-currency-treasury-says-ending-165-year-tradition-2026-03-26/



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Exclusive: Trump's signature to appear on US currency, Treasury says, ending 165-year tradition (Original Post) demmiblue Mar 26 OP
The nightmare continues.............. Lovie777 Mar 26 #1
D'ya think they would? lastlib Mar 26 #3
This congress? You must be joking. Katinfl Mar 26 #13
Congress probably loves the idea. Irish_Dem Mar 26 #26
Hey, maybe he will die before june !!!!!!!!! We can hope and pray Trueblue1968 Mar 26 #37
I will be asking for $100 bills at the bank, and ripping them through his signature..... lastlib Mar 26 #2
Just redact his name Inkey Mar 26 #28
I like that idea even better! lastlib Mar 26 #50
I see a run on hundreds in our future. Buddyzbuddy Mar 26 #4
my suggestion moonshinegnomie Mar 26 #5
That's a grand idea but I may just put a Sharpie to good use. Brother Buzz Mar 26 #9
Hahaha. littlemissmartypants Mar 26 #17
I am on it. twodogsbarking Mar 26 #10
Great Idea popsdenver Mar 26 #22
Great Idea! 56miSSie Mar 26 #31
Ok, answer me this Diraven Mar 26 #6
We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet popsdenver Mar 26 #23
Apropos with the coming inflation SamuelTheThird Mar 26 #7
Black out the signature with a Sharpie VMA131Marine Mar 26 #8
Dang, the phone rang and you beat me to it. Talitha Mar 26 #12
Get your Sharpies out, kids. Talitha Mar 26 #11
So, this money won't be any good when he's gone? Bayard Mar 26 #14
The universe could be named after him and it still wouldn't be enough. 3catwoman3 Mar 26 #34
Seriously - make it stop! yellow dahlia Mar 26 #15
I've never had money to burn, but..... SergeStorms Mar 26 #16
Contaminate our money too debsy Mar 26 #18
If I am handed money LPBBEAR Mar 26 #19
So our next Democratic president - elected in 2028 - will replace Chump's sig on our money? FakeNoose Mar 26 #20
Counterfeit! BidenRocks Mar 26 #21
Expect more people and businesses to say, Wolf Frankula Mar 26 #24
Most drive throughs already refuse anything bigger than $20. SunSeeker Mar 26 #55
Mr Banker, can I have old bills, please. The new ones are dirty. Wonder Why Mar 26 #25
Most people get over needing to write Deminpenn Mar 26 #27
He's just trying to revive his old scam dweller Mar 26 #29
Trump is a bad rash C_U_L8R Mar 26 #30
Guess I'll have to find EuterpeThelo Mar 26 #32
That's one way to devalue the dollar. Diamond_Dog Mar 26 #33
Oh, FFS! 3catwoman3 Mar 26 #35
My Prediction LPBBEAR Mar 26 #36
It's not the first time he's forced himself onto people EnergizedLib Mar 26 #38
Good thing no one uses cash much anymore. Joinfortmill Mar 26 #39
Exactly what i was thinking... and a good reason to keep away from using cash for a while LymphocyteLover Mar 26 #46
... orangecrush Mar 26 #40
I never ever LilElf70 Mar 26 #41
he believes he's king and not just a public servant. CarolinaNC Mar 26 #42
any dipshit bill will get defaced if i get any. pansypoo53219 Mar 26 #43
I won't accept it in payment. James48 Mar 26 #44
THIS IS SUCH FUCKING BULLSHIT! WHO IS APPROVING THIS??? LymphocyteLover Mar 26 #45
Someone appointed by the fucking asshole? Initech Mar 26 #59
No doubt! Grrrr! LymphocyteLover Mar 27 #69
The man's ego knows no bounds Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 26 #47
The new Global Currency. BidenRocks Mar 26 #48
Sadly, they'll be worth a lot of money in the future because they won't be in circulation for long. Baitball Blogger Mar 26 #49
And Monopoly money becomes a real thing. madamesilverspurs Mar 26 #51
Like a rabid wild animal always trying to mark its territory....n/t the nelm Mar 26 #52
"To mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence" ??? Aussie105 Mar 26 #53
In the time-honored tradition of despots past... peppertree Mar 26 #54
May he meet their same fate. nt SunSeeker Mar 26 #56
Another stomach turning event. Kablooie Mar 26 #57
FUCKING ENOUGH ALREADY!!! Initech Mar 26 #58
"Is he dead yet?" hunter Mar 26 #60
Trumps trying to violate all of us. BradBo Mar 27 #61
Fine. I've already started cutting the corporate strings in my life Blasphemer Mar 27 #62
FREE LINK TO REUTERS ARTICLE AllBlue Mar 27 #63
Thanks and ugh!!!!!!!!! LeftInTX Mar 27 #74
r/Conservative Reddit responses are very negative NorCalBlue Mar 27 #64
Another use for my Sharpie rambler_american Mar 27 #65
Time for a run on the banks! maxrandb Mar 27 #66
Will his signature actually fit on a bill? dedl67 Mar 27 #67
yeah cool story. it will never come to be nt Javaman Mar 27 #68
I hereby pledge that every Trump signed bill that ever goes through my hands will either have the signature Gary 50 Mar 27 #70
If I get a bill with the ahole's signature on it, I will cross it out. mwb970 Mar 27 #71
NO!!!! Just NO! BComplex Mar 27 #72
You break, you pay LeftInTX Mar 27 #73

Lovie777

(23,025 posts)
1. The nightmare continues..............
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:48 PM
Mar 26

I think lawsuits will be file to stop this. Can't congress stop it?

lastlib

(28,299 posts)
3. D'ya think they would?
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:49 PM
Mar 26

Doing that would break the GOPee's fealty to Dear Leader--who thinks that's gonna happen?

lastlib

(28,299 posts)
2. I will be asking for $100 bills at the bank, and ripping them through his signature.....
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:48 PM
Mar 26

Make them destroy them.

Buddyzbuddy

(2,659 posts)
4. I see a run on hundreds in our future.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:50 PM
Mar 26

Me for one, I don't want a damn thing with that *sswipes name on it, let alone signature.

moonshinegnomie

(4,024 posts)
5. my suggestion
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:51 PM
Mar 26

write is a pedophile under his signature on every bill you get. maybe have a stamp made like the old wheres george stamps

popsdenver

(2,319 posts)
22. Great Idea
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:57 PM
Mar 26

PEDO......or......CHOMO

Of course, the Republicans would shove a law through that makes it Treason to possess, of deface a U.S. Currency Bill
then we would be royally screwed.........

I am surprised he isn't having his signature printed in GOLD on the bills......so it REALLY stands out.......

Diraven

(1,910 posts)
6. Ok, answer me this
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 05:54 PM
Mar 26

How come every single thing they think of to "mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence* has to have Trump's name and/or face on it?

popsdenver

(2,319 posts)
23. We Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:01 PM
Mar 26

compared to all the shit they are gonna roll out before and after July 4th in honor of the countries 250th Anniversary.
Which will be tied into his Birthday, of course......

Bayard

(29,763 posts)
14. So, this money won't be any good when he's gone?
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:23 PM
Mar 26

I have never, ever, even heard of another man this egotistical in my life. He has nothing to be proud of either.

3catwoman3

(29,437 posts)
34. The universe could be named after him and it still wouldn't be enough.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:31 PM
Mar 26

He is a black hole of neediness.

SergeStorms

(20,600 posts)
16. I've never had money to burn, but.....
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 06:44 PM
Mar 26

I'd seriously consider making an exception. Maybe just burn the part with his signature.

LPBBEAR

(658 posts)
19. If I am handed money
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:36 PM
Mar 26

with his signature on it I'll hand it right back and ask for real money. Fuck Trump.

FakeNoose

(41,702 posts)
20. So our next Democratic president - elected in 2028 - will replace Chump's sig on our money?
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:39 PM
Mar 26

Maybe I can live with that. Any bills with Chump's signature will become collectors' items. Along with his stupid fake gold coins. In 2029 we return the U.S. Treasury back to its former pre-Chump non-corrupt status. OK?

BidenRocks

(3,284 posts)
21. Counterfeit!
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 07:44 PM
Mar 26

I refuse to recognize an illegal Federal Reserve Note!

The banks should be prepared for many exchanges.
I WILL NEVER carry chump in my wallet!

SunSeeker

(58,287 posts)
55. Most drive throughs already refuse anything bigger than $20.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:04 PM
Mar 26

I always have my bank break any hundreds I get into 20s.

Deminpenn

(17,522 posts)
27. Most people get over needing to write
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:10 PM
Mar 26

their name on everything in about 5th grade.

Having their name on everything is not normal for a septuagenarian.

dweller

(28,433 posts)
29. He's just trying to revive his old scam
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:20 PM
Mar 26



Tell everyone it’s the same scam … if his name is on it it’s worthless



✌🏻

EuterpeThelo

(371 posts)
32. Guess I'll have to find
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:25 PM
Mar 26

my old "Stamp Money Out of Politics" stamp and start using it again. Right over that serial-killer signature of his.

LPBBEAR

(658 posts)
36. My Prediction
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:34 PM
Mar 26

Once we start sharpie-ing the money or demanding "real" money the next thing these fascist fucks will do is start pulling any currency without his signature and destroying it.

Thus costing taxpayers even more money.

He is a piece of shit.

Oh, and postage stamps are next.

EnergizedLib

(3,056 posts)
38. It's not the first time he's forced himself onto people
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:36 PM
Mar 26

At least people will have a reminder of the absolute worst White House occupant of all time who managed to make Dubya look reasonable and like an intellectual.

LilElf70

(1,577 posts)
41. I never ever
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 08:52 PM
Mar 26

thought it would ever get this bad. His narcissism is absolutely off the charts. To get a coin with his name?? His name lives forever. It's the cherry on top of the cake. Yet you know he will go down in history as the worst, just on on the numbers alone. Not to mention his execution on project 25 to destroy democracy. It's all seems to be a bad bad dream. God help us all

James48

(5,225 posts)
44. I won't accept it in payment.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:03 PM
Mar 26

If it has his name on it, I’m not taking it. Give me silver, gold or Euros.

LymphocyteLover

(9,863 posts)
45. THIS IS SUCH FUCKING BULLSHIT! WHO IS APPROVING THIS???
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:09 PM
Mar 26

MEANWHILE THIS WAR IS A DISASTER
Iran has severely damaged several American military bases in the Middle East, officials say.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/iran-us-bases.html

LymphocyteLover

(9,863 posts)
69. No doubt! Grrrr!
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:01 AM
Mar 27

I can't begin to understand the mindset of someone who would supplicate themselves to this scumbag senile freak like this

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,852 posts)
47. The man's ego knows no bounds
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:44 PM
Mar 26

Sorry Donny. Your signature everywhere, renaming national monuments after yourself and constructing elaborate ballrooms is not going make people like you. You've fucked up the economy and everyone knows it.

Baitball Blogger

(52,394 posts)
49. Sadly, they'll be worth a lot of money in the future because they won't be in circulation for long.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 09:55 PM
Mar 26

I just can't believe this is as easy as an eo.

Aussie105

(7,937 posts)
53. "To mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence" ???
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 10:53 PM
Mar 26

Independence from what, exactly?

Still got a tyrant in charge, still got restricted freedoms.

Nothing to mark or celebrate!

Kablooie

(19,110 posts)
57. Another stomach turning event.
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:16 PM
Mar 26

My stomach has never had so much unwanted exercise in my life.

Initech

(108,815 posts)
58. FUCKING ENOUGH ALREADY!!!
Thu Mar 26, 2026, 11:21 PM
Mar 26

Holy shit, this fucking asshole did literally nothing to deserve his name being put on anything!

Blasphemer

(3,623 posts)
62. Fine. I've already started cutting the corporate strings in my life
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 01:11 AM
Mar 27

And I rarely use cash. I’ll head over the border to Canada for any cash purchases.

LeftInTX

(34,349 posts)
74. Thanks and ugh!!!!!!!!!
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 02:50 PM
Mar 27

The only good thing: His mug is banned on money because he is not deceased.

NorCalBlue

(52 posts)
64. r/Conservative Reddit responses are very negative
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 04:46 AM
Mar 27

I often go to the r/Conservative page to check their pulse on stuff. This issue is getting some deliciously negative flack from conservatives. Once person said, “No one loves Trump more than Trump.”

maxrandb

(17,435 posts)
66. Time for a run on the banks!
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 07:14 AM
Mar 27

Get your money out before this happens.

Maybe the bankers will understand how much we truly hate this asshat and his enablers, if we stop them from playing with our money.

Gary 50

(491 posts)
70. I hereby pledge that every Trump signed bill that ever goes through my hands will either have the signature
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:24 AM
Mar 27

blacked out or be stamped under the signature "is a pedophile."

mwb970

(12,152 posts)
71. If I get a bill with the ahole's signature on it, I will cross it out.
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 08:37 AM
Mar 27

With a Sharpie!

Must this pathetic baby out his damn name on EVERYTHING??

BComplex

(9,919 posts)
72. NO!!!! Just NO!
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 12:11 PM
Mar 27

Somebody stop the republican madness from taking this country down the shit hole!!!

LeftInTX

(34,349 posts)
73. You break, you pay
Fri Mar 27, 2026, 02:45 PM
Mar 27

What can I say? It's "his" money.
If something goes wrong, it's his fault.....

Sorry, just trying to find something positive out of this, but I don't.
But it would be nice if we could hold him responsible if something goes wrong with his economy.

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