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Tue Apr 28, 2026, 06:25 PM Tuesday

MaddowBlog-Like some personality cult, State Department eyes plan to add Trump's image to passports

If you’re an American planning to get a passport and don’t want the president’s face on it, you might want to hurry.

As the State Dept adds Trump’s picture to passports, I updated the list documenting the scope of the ridiculous glorification crusade.

It includes adding his name/face to currency, buildings, battleships, fascistic banners, park passes, “Trump Gold Cards,” “Trump Accounts,” and “TrumpRx.”

Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-28T18:25:26.314Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/like-some-personality-cult-state-department-eyes-plan-to-add-trumps-image-to-passports

If you’re an American planning to get a passport and you don’t want it to feature Donald Trump’s image, you might want to hurry. The Bulwark reported:

The State Department is close to finalizing a radical redesign of the U.S. passport to include a picture of President Donald Trump, The Bulwark has learned from two sources with knowledge of the redesign, including one who shared images currently under consideration. […]

According to the images of the passport redesign provided to The Bulwark, the inside cover of the new State Department-issued document will feature a scowling Trump — taken from his second inaugural portrait — superimposed over the Declaration of Independence, as well as the president’s signature in gold.


.....With this development in mind, it seems like an excellent time to recap the scope and scale of Team Trump’s increasingly weird glorification campaign:

U.S. currency: Trump recently announced plans to add his signature to U.S. dollars — a first for a sitting American president — which is not to be confused with plans for a massive, 3-inch commemorative gold coin featuring Trump’s face.

Renaming buildings: The president’s allies have already added Trump’s name to the Kennedy Center and the Institute of Peace. By some accounts, the president expects the proposed White House ballroom to bear his name, too.

U.S. military: Plans to construct “Trump-class” battleships are underway, and the nation’s next-generation fighter jet will have an “F-47” designation in honor of him. (Trump is the nation’s 47th president.)....

Domestic ambitions: Trump wants a new football stadium in Washington to be named after him, as well as New York City’s Penn Station.

International ambitions: Trump recently indicated that he wants and expects a statue to honor him in Venezuela. The Republican also said in January that it was “not too late” to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico (which he has attempted to rename once already) to the] “Gulf of Trump,” and he recently suggested the Strait of Hormuz should also be called the “Strait of Trump.


,,,,What the incumbent president doesn’t seem to understand is that many people loved George Washington, so he never felt the need to slap his own name on stuff. Others gladly did it for him.

Trump, on the other hand, fears being forgotten — or worse, remembered as corrupt failure — which has led to this increasingly ridiculous crusade.
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MaddowBlog-Like some personality cult, State Department eyes plan to add Trump's image to passports (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday OP
Be sure to match the color of the ink carefully when you add the little Hitler moustache. nt eppur_se_muova Tuesday #1
oh don't worry Pisswig dweller Tuesday #2
Every day another distraction from the Epstein files Blues Heron Tuesday #3
Passports are for ten years. So what happens when he's gone? cbabe Tuesday #4
My current passport expires July 2027 LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #5

dweller

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2. oh don't worry Pisswig
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 06:38 PM
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you WILL be remembered as an utter corrupt failure
regardless of your vanity projects

✌🏻

LetMyPeopleVote

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5. My current passport expires July 2027
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 08:22 PM
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There is a good chance that trump may die before this date but I will probably renew now

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