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- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called the Post report on the $250 bill ‘terribly written’ and ‘terribly edited’.
- Bessent addressed press questions about a commemorative $250 bill featuring President Donald Trump’s portrait.
- He said Treasury staff are preparing prototypes should legislation authorizing the bill pass.
- Federal law restricts U.S. currency portraits to deceased individuals.
- The bill to permit a living president on currency has remained in committee for a year.
