Trump's Signature to Replace Treasurer's on U.S. Dollar Bills — First in 165 Years
The Treasury announced Trump's signature will appear on all U.S. paper currency, replacing the Treasurer's signature for the first time in 165 years. No sitting president has ever had their signature on money. First $100 bills printing in June.
On March 26, 2026, the U.S. Treasury announced that President Trump's signature will appear on future U.S. paper currency alongside Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's — marking the first time in history that a sitting president's signature has appeared on American money.
To make room, the Treasury is removing the Treasurer of the United States' signature from currency — ending a 165-year tradition. U.S. paper money has always carried the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer, not the president. The first $100 bills with Trump's signature will be printed in June 2026, with other denominations following in subsequent months.
This comes on top of an already unprecedented campaign of self-branding:
- A 24-karat gold Trump coin approved for the U.S. Mint (bypassing the prohibition on living people on currency)
- Trump's portrait replacing nature photography on national park passes
- The Kennedy Center renamed after himself
- "Trump Accounts" codified into federal law
- A fighter jet designated F-47 after the "47th President"
Treasury Secretary Bessent framed the decision as reflecting "unprecedented economic growth" and "lasting dollar dominance" — though the dollar had weakened significantly during the Iran war and tariff regime.
The tradition of keeping presidents' signatures off currency was not accidental — it reflected a principle that American money belongs to the nation, not to any individual. That principle is now gone.