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State Dept Mulls Trump Portrait Passport, Then Denies It

4/29/2026

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The State Department is preparing a limited-run passport that would place President Donald Trump’s portrait inside.
The redesign, promoted for the nation’s 250th-anniversary, also satisfies the Save America Act’s voter-passport requirement.
Georgetown professor Edward Kolla called the plan wacky because no modern U.S. passport has ever featured a sitting president.
A State Department email later said the commemorative passports will have custom artwork, with no mention of a Trump portrait.

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The State Department is preparing a limited-run passport that would place President Donald Trump’s portrait inside.
The redesign, promoted for the nation’s 250th-anniversary, also satisfies the Save America Act’s voter-passport requirement.
Georgetown professor Edward Kolla called the plan wacky because no modern U.S. passport has ever featured a sitting president.
A State Department email later said the commemorative passports will have custom artwork, with no mention of a Trump portrait.