{"id":1353,"date":"2026-07-04T23:08:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T23:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/?p=1353"},"modified":"2026-07-12T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T12:46:04","slug":"trump-signature-on-u-s-currency-breaks-centuries-of-treasury-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/04\/trump-signature-on-u-s-currency-breaks-centuries-of-treasury-tradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signature on U.S. Currency Breaks Centuries of Treasury Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Treasury is departing from nearly two centuries of administrative protocol by issuing U.S. dollar-denominated bills featuring the signature of <a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/12\/the-70-oil-illusion-why-depleted-global-reserves-signal-a-looming-price-spike\/\" class=\"auto-internal-link\" title=\"The $70 Oil Illusion: Why Depleted Global Reserves Signal a Looming Price Spike\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the move on Saturday, circulating an image of a $100 bill bearing the president&#8217;s handwriting. The release is timed to coincide with the semiquincentennial, the nation\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Historically, U.S. legal tender has been the domain of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bep.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bureau of Engraving and Printing<\/a>, which traditionally features the signatures of the Treasurer and the Treasury Secretary. By placing a president&#8217;s name directly on the currency, the administration is bypassing a convention intended to separate the person of the president from the nation&#8217;s fiscal authority.<\/p>\n<p>Bessent characterized the decision as a &#8220;powerful way&#8221; to honor the president&#8217;s &#8220;historic achievements&#8221; alongside the 250-year milestone.<\/p>\n<p>The move represents the latest effort to integrate executive branding into federal institutions. Over the past year, the administration added the president&#8217;s name to the US Institute of Peace. Similar attempts have faced resistance; a judge previously ordered the removal of the president&#8217;s name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts after the administration moved to take over its board.<\/p>\n<p>Local infrastructure is also being rebranded, with Palm Beach International Airport in Florida currently in the process of being renamed for the president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-news-box\">\n<h3 class=\"related-news-title\">Read also:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"related_news_list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/12\/the-soccer-blueprint-why-jim-kavanaugh-views-leadership-as-the-ultimate-competitive-advantage\/\">The Soccer Blueprint: Why Jim Kavanaugh Views Leadership as the Ultimate Competitive Advantage<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/12\/the-70-oil-illusion-why-depleted-global-reserves-signal-a-looming-price-spike\/\">The $70 Oil Illusion: Why Depleted Global Reserves Signal a Looming Price Spike<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/2026\/07\/12\/iran-shuts-strait-of-hormuz-as-u-s-resumes-strikes-shattering-fragile-ceasefire\/\">Iran Shuts Strait of Hormuz as U.S. Resumes Strikes, Shattering Fragile Ceasefire<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Treasury is departing from nearly two centuries of administrative protocol by issuing U.S. dollar-denominated bills featuring the signature of Donald Trump. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confirmed the move on Saturday, circulating an image of a $100 bill bearing the president&#8217;s handwriting. The release is timed to coincide with the semiquincentennial, the nation\u2019s 250th &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2300,2303,186,2305,2306,2304,2308,2302,2309,1782,2301,2298,2299,2297,2307],"class_list":["post-1353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-100-bill","tag-bureau-of-engraving-and-printing","tag-donald-trump","tag-executive-branding","tag-federal-institutions","tag-fiscal-authority","tag-john-f-kennedy-center-for-the-performing-arts","tag-legal-tender","tag-palm-beach-international-airport","tag-scott-bessent","tag-semiquincentennial","tag-signature","tag-treasury-secretary","tag-u-s-dollar-denominated-bills","tag-us-institute-of-peace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1353"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2095,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1353\/revisions\/2095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nile1.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}