Bessent Defends Proposal for Trump’s Face on Special $250 Bill

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the idea of putting President Donald Trump’s face on a specially issued $250 bill, a move that is currently barred by US law.

Bessent was pressed on Thursday about a Washington Post report that said Trump administration officials are pushing to have the president’s portrait on special bank notes to mark the nation’s 250th anniversary. No living person has appeared on US currency since the 19th century.

“I don’t think that there’s anything untoward about having the president of the United States — the person who is president of the ...