Treasury Puts Trump's Signature on U.S. Paper Currency, a First for a Sitting President

The Treasury Department announced on March 26, 2026 that President Trump's signature will appear on future U.S. paper currency alongside the Treasury Secretary's, which the department described as the first time in history for a sitting president. Federal Reserve notes have carried the signatures of the Treasurer of the United States and the Treasury Secretary; Treasury said the change ends a practice in place for 165 years. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the notes would reflect the administration's economic record, and Treasurer Brandon Beach tied the change to the nation's 250th anniversary. The new notes are to be issued during the Semiquincentennial year.

Currency design in the United States has kept the sitting president's name off the money, a convention that separates the person holding the office from the instrument of national credit. Placing a sitting president's signature on legal tender is a change to that convention, made by department announcement rather than by legislation.

Treasury announced the change as final. No legal challenge is recorded in the sources reviewed.