House Republicans have introduced in the last week not one but two separate bills that would put President Donald Trump’s face on U.S. currency. Last week, South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson revealed his legislation calling for the creation of a new $250 bill that would bear the sitting president’s visage. “Most valuable bill for most valuable President!” he wrote on X. Now, Texas Rep. Brandon Gill is proposing a similar yet distinct idea: replace Benjamin Franklin, who currently appears on the $100 bill, with Trump. “President Trump could be enjoying his golden years golfing and spending time with his family,” Gill said in a statement. “Instead, he took a bullet for this country and is now working overtime to secure our border, fix our uneven trade relationship with the rest of the world, make America energy independent again, and put America first by ending useless foreign aid.” Both of the fawning campaigns to immortalize the president face the same key roadblock: Federal law doesn’t allow a living person’s portrait to appear on U.S. currency. MAGA Rep Anna Paulina Luna has also introduced a bill that aims to add Trump to Mount Rushmore.
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