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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaddowBlog-Like some personality cult, State Department eyes plan to add Trump's image to passports
If youre an American planning to get a passport and dont want the presidents face on it, you might want to hurry.
As the State Dept adds Trumpâs picture to passports, I updated the list documenting the scope of the ridiculous glorification crusade.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-04-28T18:25:26.314Z
It includes adding his name/face to currency, buildings, battleships, fascistic banners, park passes, âTrump Gold Cards,â âTrump Accounts,â and âTrumpRx.â
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/like-some-personality-cult-state-department-eyes-plan-to-add-trumps-image-to-passports
If youre an American planning to get a passport and you dont want it to feature Donald Trumps image, you might want to hurry. The Bulwark reported:
.....With this development in mind, it seems like an excellent time to recap the scope and scale of Team Trumps increasingly weird glorification campaign:
,,,,What the incumbent president doesnt 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.
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 presidents signature in gold.
.....With this development in mind, it seems like an excellent time to recap the scope and scale of Team Trumps 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 Trumps face.
Renaming buildings: The presidents allies have already added Trumps 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 nations next-generation fighter jet will have an F-47 designation in honor of him. (Trump is the nations 47th president.)....
Domestic ambitions: Trump wants a new football stadium in Washington to be named after him, as well as New York Citys 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 doesnt 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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LetMyPeopleVote
Tuesday
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Be sure to match the color of the ink carefully when you add the little Hitler moustache. nt
eppur_se_muova
Tuesday
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eppur_se_muova
(42,263 posts)1. Be sure to match the color of the ink carefully when you add the little Hitler moustache. nt
dweller
(28,585 posts)2. oh don't worry Pisswig
you WILL be remembered as an utter corrupt failure
regardless of your vanity projects
✌🏻
Blues Heron
(8,962 posts)3. Every day another distraction from the Epstein files
cbabe
(6,740 posts)4. Passports are for ten years. So what happens when he's gone?
LetMyPeopleVote
(181,210 posts)5. My current passport expires July 2027
There is a good chance that trump may die before this date but I will probably renew now