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demmiblue

(39,884 posts)
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:06 PM Tuesday

EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Finalizing Plan to Put Trump Picture on U.S. Passports

Source: The Bulwark

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.

The redesign is ostensibly part of a larger celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence. It comes as the Treasury Department prepares to produce coins featuring Trump’s image—both a controversial $1 coin in general circulation1 and an “as large as possible” commemorative gold coin—and as the National Park Service emblazons Trump’s face on its park passes. Both of those redesigns were justified as being part of the 250th anniversary celebration.

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.

Read more: https://www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-state-dept-finalizing-plan



> @bloomberg.com

Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) 2026-04-28T17:57:33.609Z
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EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Finalizing Plan to Put Trump Picture on U.S. Passports (Original Post) demmiblue Tuesday OP
So he replaces the Founding Fathers underpants Tuesday #1
That will put the last straw on the camels back! nwduke Tuesday #59
The Criminal Precedent Mr.Bee Tuesday #71
Jesus! Ocelot II Tuesday #2
It's the Mark of the Beast! LudwigPastorius Tuesday #11
It is. So not kidding. Cha Tuesday #48
66647 - A new seashell arrangement. nt Xipe Totec Wednesday #75
This is a move to suppress Dems from getting passports CharleyDog Tuesday #36
Also because the Ugly Asshole PEDO wants Cha Tuesday #51
Lucky for me, my passport doesn't expire... reACTIONary Tuesday #44
Just get the Passport card. Get the actual Passport later, after 2028 n/t aggiesal Tuesday #50
It's only available in DC. If you order online, you'll get the regular one. nilram Wednesday #77
I am very lucky get the red out Tuesday #3
I just received my renewed passport in March. Thank god. When can we expect him to spontaneously self-combust? Texin Tuesday #37
Thank God my passport doesn't expire until 2032 kimbutgar Tuesday #4
Good God in Butter. Fascism is here. Botany Tuesday #5
Yes it sure is. hadEnuf Tuesday #68
Yup! Botany Wednesday #78
Maybe I'll try to get 2 of them. chouchou Tuesday #6
Fuck that Redleg Tuesday #7
Thus guaranteeing the no U.S. citizen will clear customs Aviation Pro Tuesday #8
I just got my renewed passport. Aristus Tuesday #9
I hope they get his good side. LudwigPastorius Tuesday #10
Thank goodness I don't have to renew mine until 2029 Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #12
Oh, c'mon. This has got to be the Onion. Vinca Tuesday #13
Replacing the National Anthem with the National nightmare. sinkingfeeling Tuesday #14
+1 dalton99a Tuesday #21
OMG bamagal62 Tuesday #15
JFC!!!!! electric_blue68 Tuesday #16
My wife and I renewed ours last year. cloudbase Tuesday #17
I'm not sure why he thinks that pic makes him look...what...stern? macho? mwmisses4289 Tuesday #18
I was thinking that was his mug shot from years back rurallib Tuesday #34
I think it is, but he uses it a lot. mwmisses4289 Tuesday #52
More like he's making a diaper deposit. AZ8theist Tuesday #72
To me he looks like he is about to have... sheshe2 Wednesday #76
His monstrous ego truly knows no bounds...... Bayard Tuesday #19
Trump is lower than a snake's asshole. Kid Berwyn Tuesday #20
Something even China, Russia, North Korea don't do dalton99a Tuesday #22
No definite info, but it seems they *may* not be mandatory. rog Tuesday #23
Clearly, the Pedo In Chief suffers from grandiosity Miami Blue Tuesday #24
Frontotemporal dementia is the likeliest diagnosis, according to many experts. ShazzieB Tuesday #58
If having that nauseating visage on passports is not optional, we must make it so. pat_k Tuesday #25
omg UpInArms Tuesday #26
Someone. Anyone. Save us from this nightmare. EarthFirst Tuesday #27
Butt Fugly. C_U_L8R Tuesday #28
What a lovely pr move! truthisfreedom Tuesday #29
We renewed earlier this year AverageOldGuy Tuesday #30
Doe this grotesque ego trip... GiqueCee Tuesday #31
This isn't just vanity, it's a paycheck. He's registering trademarks and copyrights for Trump airport etc. okaawhatever Tuesday #32
So he wants immigration officers from other countries to spit on American passports? muriel_volestrangler Tuesday #33
Enough. orangecrush Tuesday #35
This just freaked me out! I have 2 years left on my current passport. MLAA Tuesday #38
I'm waiting on my passport and it better not be defaced 😤 Deuxcents Tuesday #39
I only want to see his picture in bluestarone Tuesday #40
trump picture on passport bromeando Tuesday #41
Not only that, but his war-criminal-insurrectionist MUG SHOT Justice matters. Tuesday #64
Ugly fucker, isn't he. calimary Wednesday #81
So this is where the USA has gone? Dave Id Tuesday #42
Glad I have a new current passport, so I don't have to carry his face on my passport, making me a target when travelling usaf-vet Tuesday #43
DISGUSTING. So glad I renewed my passport last year. Don't want the pic of orange fk on my passport. n/t iluvtennis Tuesday #45
I'd tape a piece of paper over it. Figarosmom Tuesday #46
Of course Mierda47 is more important than the signing of the Declaration of Independence document. ... aggiesal Tuesday #47
Why don't they put it on toilet paper where it belongs Grim Chieftain Tuesday #49
Don't think you're safe because your passport doesn't expire for years. Croney Tuesday #53
I'm glad I renewed COL Mustard Tuesday #54
How far we have fallen. This is our requiem. taxi Tuesday #55
Guess I will have to wait to get a new passport Bluestocking Tuesday #56
Mine is due for renewal by next February BumRushDaShow Tuesday #57
Is it okay to tear out that one page? thought crime Tuesday #60
Unfortunately, that would render the passport invalid RazorbackExpat Tuesday #67
I don't want that fucking pig's face and gaudy signature on my passport. flashman13 Tuesday #61
more pissing on america's norms to make himself feel big. pansypoo53219 Tuesday #62
Tell me again how he is not malignant, colossal narcissist...NM Grins Tuesday #63
Maybe he'll just fucking die already. Orrex Tuesday #65
I have to renew mine this fall. I'm not thrilled. AllyCat Tuesday #66
According to NBC News, RazorbackExpat Tuesday #69
Thank heavens that I will BlueMTexpat Tuesday #70
Gross róisín_dubh Tuesday #73
No worries. It is only valid for travel to Russia and Epstein Island. Blumancru Tuesday #74
Thank god I got my passport last year ribrepin Wednesday #79
Good! It's another thing that will drive people out to vote against Republicans. Doodley Wednesday #80
His photo belongs in the Post Office, HarryM Wednesday #82
Glad I renewed my passport last year PJMcK Wednesday #83
glad I renewed my last year. nt Javaman Wednesday #84
Got mine last year. Take that Dildon. twodogsbarking Wednesday #85
It will be that scowling booking photo to prove to the world that there is no law travelingthrulife Wednesday #86

nwduke

(518 posts)
59. That will put the last straw on the camels back!
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 06:34 PM
Tuesday

No country will allow us in with the face of a pedophile/rapist on the passport! Can anyone stop this vanity insanity?

Mr.Bee

(1,883 posts)
71. The Criminal Precedent
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:09 PM
Tuesday

To remind everyone who this nation of deplorables put in office!

Ocelot II

(131,020 posts)
2. Jesus!
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:08 PM
Tuesday

No, not Him. But I was about to apply for a new passport so I could fucking vote, but I don't want that ugly mug on anything I own. Maybe I'll get one and lose it as soon as he's gone and get a new one when that blot is removed.

CharleyDog

(823 posts)
36. This is a move to suppress Dems from getting passports
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:25 PM
Tuesday

and to boost MAGAs to getting such a great personal photo of the felon PRIZE.

reACTIONary

(7,261 posts)
44. Lucky for me, my passport doesn't expire...
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:38 PM
Tuesday

... until well after 2028.

In 2028 there are going to be a LOT of lost passports!

Texin

(2,856 posts)
37. I just received my renewed passport in March. Thank god. When can we expect him to spontaneously self-combust?
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:31 PM
Tuesday

kimbutgar

(27,447 posts)
4. Thank God my passport doesn't expire until 2032
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:14 PM
Tuesday

I would not want to look at that ugly face whenever I need my passport.

hadEnuf

(3,644 posts)
68. Yes it sure is.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:23 PM
Tuesday

Coins, paper money, now passports. Giant posters of his face on buildings.
Shutting down free speech. Political persecution, secret police murdering citizens, concentration camps for brown people (for now), grand castles at taxpayer expense while the people are being fleeced into poverty. I think he wants public sculptures now too.

Yup, he's a fascist dictator.

chouchou

(3,237 posts)
6. Maybe I'll try to get 2 of them.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:16 PM
Tuesday

One to throw it in my garbage disposable, the other one to shit on it.

Aristus

(72,393 posts)
9. I just got my renewed passport.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:28 PM
Tuesday

Thank goodness his ugly fucking mug is not on it. When renewal comes up in 10 years, hopefully there will be intellectually functional human beings in office who will have reversed his idiocies.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,716 posts)
12. Thank goodness I don't have to renew mine until 2029
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:42 PM
Tuesday

I wouldn’t be able to resist drawing a little Hitler moustache if I had one.

sinkingfeeling

(57,925 posts)
14. Replacing the National Anthem with the National nightmare.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:45 PM
Tuesday

This is the inside cover of my latest passport, December 2024.

electric_blue68

(27,104 posts)
16. JFC!!!!!
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:48 PM
Tuesday

Someone please hand me a barf bag!

Mine expires in June. But I can't afford a new one anyway. If i'm going anywhere out of the The 48...it's to PR No passport needed.

cloudbase

(6,305 posts)
17. My wife and I renewed ours last year.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:48 PM
Tuesday

He'll be long gone by the time another renewal comes around.

mwmisses4289

(4,543 posts)
18. I'm not sure why he thinks that pic makes him look...what...stern? macho?
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:48 PM
Tuesday

It makes him look like he's getting ready to throw a tantrum or he's constipated.

mwmisses4289

(4,543 posts)
52. I think it is, but he uses it a lot.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 05:04 PM
Tuesday

He apparently told someone it made him look stern; as I said previously, it makes him look more like he's getting ready to throw a temper tantrum.

sheshe2

(98,121 posts)
76. To me he looks like he is about to have...
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 01:08 AM
Wednesday

a monumental bowel movement. The likes you have never seen before.

I am talking Mt Everest here!

Bayard

(30,066 posts)
19. His monstrous ego truly knows no bounds......
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:48 PM
Tuesday

The only place I want to see his ugly mug is on a, "WANTED," poster.

He's making such a big deal out of the 250th anniversary, but doesn't want the signers of the Declaration of Independence on anything. Its an insult to the country, although he does LOOK 250 years old.

Kid Berwyn

(24,849 posts)
20. Trump is lower than a snake's asshole.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:53 PM
Tuesday

Same goes for his co-conspirators in treason, evil, and all manner of crime.

rog

(960 posts)
23. No definite info, but it seems they *may* not be mandatory.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 02:56 PM
Tuesday

I read that they intend a 'limited run' of 25,000 of these abominable documents.

From what I've gleaned (Source: internet searches) ...

Will they be issued to 25,000 random applicants?

No. The Trump-emblazoned design is not intended for random distribution. According to the State Department, the new design is part of a "limited run" of special commemorative passports celebrating the 250th anniversary of American independence .

A State Department spokesperson confirmed the passports "will be available for any American citizen who applies for a passport when the rollout happens" . This strongly suggests they are voluntary. Based on how limited-edition documents typically work, we would likely need to submit an application or request specifically to receive one.


Can we request the so-called 'traditional design'? (By that I mean the design in use since 2021.)

Yes, almost certainly. While official confirmation of an "opt-out" option hasn't been explicitly stated in available reports, here is why we should be able to avoid this design:

Voluntary Availability: Since these are a "limited" commemorative set (only 25,000 are planned, pending approval), the standard passport design will almost definitely remain the default option for the vast majority of applicants .

Department Statement: Officials are marketing these as a special choice for citizens who want a keepsake for the 250th anniversary, not as a mandatory replacement for the current passport .

Standard Protocol: Your application paperwork will likely offer a clear distinction between the "standard" passport book and the "America250 commemorative" book when you apply.


Let's hope this is true.

Re: "... citizens who want a 250th anniversary keepsake," WTF??????

Miami Blue

(378 posts)
24. Clearly, the Pedo In Chief suffers from grandiosity
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 03:02 PM
Tuesday

Also, his neurosyphilis dementia makes him believe that he is in charge of ruling the entire world. In addition to this, he is displaying a chronic case of schizophrenia at its highest levels. Undoubtedly, he has lost touch with reality. Grab him by the tiny 🥕 and take him
to Walter Reed’s psychiatric ward pronto.

ShazzieB

(22,781 posts)
58. Frontotemporal dementia is the likeliest diagnosis, according to many experts.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 06:33 PM
Tuesday

This article explains how well his symptoms match up with that diagnosis: What Is Frontotemporal Dementia That Psychologists Claim Donald Trump Is Exhibiting Signs of?

The possibility that syphilis has anything to do with his current health problems is wildly unlikely, imo. Neurosyphilis only develops if syphilis (which has been 100% curable for Trump's entire life) goes untreated for many years, if not decades.

Yes, I know that's what killed Al Capone, but Capone was born more than 45 years before Trump and was showing signs of neurosyphilis when he went to jail in 1931. By the time penicillin was discovered to be a quick and easy cure in the mid 1940s, Capone was too far gone for the drug to do him any good.

Trump, otoh, was born the year before Capone died, and by the time he was old enough to start sowing any wild oats, syphilis had become easy to cure. The idea that he could have contracted the disease and gone undiagnosed and untreated long enough for it to progress to an advanced stage doesn't make any sense to me.

His grandiose delusions of ruling the world are easily explained by his malignant narcissism, which is now reigning unfettered due to dementia eroding whatever judgment and self-control he ever had to begin with. At this point, he has virtually no filter left, which is why he keeps saying absurdly outrageous things more and more frequently. The only thing worse than a malignant narcissist is a malignant narcissist with no self awareness or self control, and that's what we've got now.

I know a lot of people find the syphilis rumor irresistibly titillating, so it's probably not going away, but I really wish it would, Curses on Jsmes Carville for resurrecting it last year!

pat_k

(13,637 posts)
25. If having that nauseating visage on passports is not optional, we must make it so.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 03:07 PM
Tuesday

Another reason I need to get a UK passport. (I'm eligible by descent).

You could not pay me enough to travel carrying his face anywhere in my baggage or on my person.

GiqueCee

(4,545 posts)
31. Doe this grotesque ego trip...
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 03:57 PM
Tuesday

... suggest to anyone that the Orange Anus isn't planning on leaving the Oval Office after 2028, regardless of the results? Given the equally grotesque corruption of the Sinister Six currently defiling the Supreme Court, they'll probably agree that he deserves a third term after being deprived his rightful second term in 2020. Lessee, was it 63 times he lost challenges to the results of that election in court? Whatever; it was a bunch. But he still won't let it go, and he never will. He'll keep hammering away at it, even though the evil fuck knows he lost fair and square. Never backing off a bald-faced lie has always been one of his "strategies". I think he learned that sick stunt from his mentor, Roy Cohn. Remember when the Central Park Five were fully exonerated? Even then, he continued to demand their execution! That's just the way he's hard-wired.
Gawdammit, I hate that sonofabitch.

okaawhatever

(9,567 posts)
32. This isn't just vanity, it's a paycheck. He's registering trademarks and copyrights for Trump airport etc.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:09 PM
Tuesday

He’ll probably monetize at end of his term. He’s such a disgusting human.

muriel_volestrangler

(106,461 posts)
33. So he wants immigration officers from other countries to spit on American passports?
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:10 PM
Tuesday

Other bodily fluids not being readily available in an airport arrivals area.

MLAA

(19,782 posts)
38. This just freaked me out! I have 2 years left on my current passport.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:31 PM
Tuesday

I went to the renewal online and you can only renew on line if you are within one year of expiration as well as a few other conditions which I met. There are private companies that will renew quickly without the one year limitation but they cost nearly $500. Then I found this article with more details and says it will start in DC and only on request. So I wonder how long before it is no longer optional.

I can do a mail in renewal but that could take 6 weeks plus. I think I’ll do one of these 2 options to avoid having TSF on my passport.


https://apnews.com/article/passport-trump-us-250th-birthday-df2f0f96e4fbcee89ae904a65af398f0

Justice matters.

(9,976 posts)
64. Not only that, but his war-criminal-insurrectionist MUG SHOT
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 08:20 PM
Tuesday

Add ra(p,c)ist-pedophile to it and imagine having to travel abroad with that atrocity.

There is no LOW he won't GO.

calimary

(90,472 posts)
81. Ugly fucker, isn't he.
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 02:53 AM
Wednesday

If I looked that bad, I would NOT want my face reproduced all over everywhere.

Dave Id

(309 posts)
42. So this is where the USA has gone?
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:37 PM
Tuesday

Celebrate a convicted rapist by putting his picture of its' passports. Any country seeing this, should deny entry to the holder having a photo of a sexual predator in it.

usaf-vet

(7,842 posts)
43. Glad I have a new current passport, so I don't have to carry his face on my passport, making me a target when travelling
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:38 PM
Tuesday

iluvtennis

(21,516 posts)
45. DISGUSTING. So glad I renewed my passport last year. Don't want the pic of orange fk on my passport. n/t
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:44 PM
Tuesday

aggiesal

(10,877 posts)
47. Of course Mierda47 is more important than the signing of the Declaration of Independence document. ...
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 04:52 PM
Tuesday

I hope this is just an option, because I have to renew my Passport in 2028.

Croney

(5,020 posts)
53. Don't think you're safe because your passport doesn't expire for years.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 05:06 PM
Tuesday

Mine is good till 2035, but next time I go to use it they could have stickers of his face to slap on it! You know they'd think of that!

COL Mustard

(8,329 posts)
54. I'm glad I renewed
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 05:06 PM
Tuesday

My passport earlier this year. That’s a disgusting display of narcissism.

BumRushDaShow

(171,342 posts)
57. Mine is due for renewal by next February
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 05:37 PM
Tuesday

meaning I'm right at the recommended renewal time.

And that scowling mess was originally from his GA mugshot (eventually repurposed everywhere).

flashman13

(2,516 posts)
61. I don't want that fucking pig's face and gaudy signature on my passport.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 07:04 PM
Tuesday

The only saving grace is that mine is new enough that when I renew it his face will have been erased like the rest of his trashy legacy.

AllyCat

(18,947 posts)
66. I have to renew mine this fall. I'm not thrilled.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:12 PM
Tuesday

At a Dem meeting tonight and they are all saying it’s optional.

Where, anywhere, does it say this is optional?

RazorbackExpat

(952 posts)
69. According to NBC News,
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 10:28 PM
Tuesday

"The special edition passport will be the default out of the Washington Passport Agency while it is available, according to a State Department official, while online options or other locations will maintain the existing passport design."

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-image-us-passports-summer-state-department-250th-anniversary-rcna342567

róisín_dubh

(12,376 posts)
73. Gross
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:17 PM
Tuesday

Mine expires in 2034 but I need to change my surname. I guess I should get on it quickly.

Blumancru

(292 posts)
74. No worries. It is only valid for travel to Russia and Epstein Island.
Tue Apr 28, 2026, 11:48 PM
Tuesday

Two places I will not be going to.

HarryM

(466 posts)
82. His photo belongs in the Post Office,
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 06:41 AM
Wednesday

as a wanted poster, not our passports.
This shall be repealed if implemented. If I had to have a passport with his photo on it, it would most assuredly get defaced,

PJMcK

(25,090 posts)
83. Glad I renewed my passport last year
Wed Apr 29, 2026, 07:18 AM
Wednesday

I don’t want that ugly face on anything I have.

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