The U.S. Treasury Department said it plans to print President Donald Trump's signature on newly issued dollar bills.
According to the Associated Press on the 26th, the U.S. Treasury is pursuing the plan to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement, "There is no better way to honor America's achievements than to put President Trump's name on dollar bills."
Dollar bills typically carry the signatures of the treasury secretary and the treasurer, who performs administrative roles related to currency.
Printing the sitting president's signature on the dollar would be a first since the founding of the United States.
Since returning to power, the Trump administration has used the president's name and image for government programs, buildings, and various projects.
Earlier, as part of the 250th anniversary commemorations, Trump said he would issue a coin bearing President Trump's face, which also stirred controversy.
Because the coin is a 24K pure gold commemorative coin, it circulated for collecting purposes. But bills bearing President Trump's signature are expected to be used in actual transactions such as various kinds of transaction.
A recently approved Trump coin by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a federal advisory body, shows on one side President Trump looking straight ahead with his body tilted. The other side features a bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, with wings spread.
The White House is said to want the coin minted at the maximum possible size.
The opposition Democratic Party, meanwhile, voiced criticism of the Treasury's plan to print President Trump's signature on dollar bills.
Rep. Shontel Brown (D-Ohio) cited President Trump's responsibility for recent inflation in the United States on X (formerly Twitter), calling it a "disgusting, un-American plan."