Your tax contributions fund roads, defense, and public services. Now, the government is directing a portion of that revenue toward a sweeping rebranding effort across federal agencies.
As the country approaches its 250th anniversary, the current administration is making an unprecedented push to place President Donald Trump’s name and likeness on official documents, public spaces, and government programs.
To help you track where these funds are going, here is the complete accounting of every item slated to receive the presidential stamp, along with its current status.
1. Passports
Status: Announced
If you renew your travel documents soon, you might receive a limited-edition semiquincentennial version. Launching in July 2026, these will be available exclusively from the Washington Passport Agency while supplies last.
Other locations and online applications will continue using the existing design, which does not feature the president’s image superimposed over the Declaration of Independence.
2. Dollar bills
Status: Announced
The administration is altering paper currency to commemorate the 250th anniversary. For the first time, a living president’s signature will appear on paper bills — printed alongside the traditional signature of the Treasury secretary rather than replacing it.
3. Commemorative gold coins
Status: Approved (Pending Treasury finalization)
The Commission of Fine Arts has approved the design for a large commemorative gold coin. Slated for minting by the U.S. Mint, the approved design features the president’s likeness on one side and an eagle in flight on the reverse.
4. Circulation coins and high-value bills
Status: Proposed
Tracking the push for a new currency requires looking at two separate tracks. While the Treasury Department has floated designs for a special $1 circulation coin, Republican lawmakers in the House are leading the charge for paper currency.
Their legislative proposals include a “Donald J. Trump $250 Bill Act” and the “Golden Age Act,” which would place the president on the $100 bill starting in 2029.
Both efforts are currently stalled by federal laws prohibiting the use of a living person’s likeness on standard currency.
5. Gold card visas
Status: Implemented
The U.S. Department of Commerce is actively selling an expedited access path to U.S. residency, which the president has described as a “green card on steroids.” This visa costs $1 million per person and requires an initial $15,000 filing fee.
Despite projections of massive federal revenue, a late April court filing revealed that out of 338 inquiries, only 165 people have paid the initial fee and just one applicant has paid the full million dollars.
6. F-47 fighter jets
Status: Approved
The Pentagon is currently developing a new sixth-generation fighter jet. Announced by the president in 2025, the aircraft is officially designated as the F-47.
While it serves as a direct numerical reference to his presidency, the Air Force also cites the World War II-era P-47 and the military branch’s founding year of 1947 as inspiration for the name.
7. ‘Trump clas’ warships
Status: Announced (Navy secretary fired over delays)
The administration directed the Navy to develop an entirely new class of warships explicitly named for the commander in chief.
While critics and military experts point out they are not traditional battleships in the historical sense, developing this new naval hardware requires massive tax revenue.
Frustration over the slow development timeline for these vessels recently led to the ouster of the Navy secretary in April.
8. TrumpRx prescription website
Status: Implemented
The government launched a federal clearinghouse in February 2026 designed to connect cash-paying patients directly with drug manufacturers to lower costs.
The official website for this program is branded as TrumpRx and currently features direct-to-consumer discounts on dozens of medications.
9. Investment accounts for newborns
Status: Enacted
Under a recent tax spending bill passed by Republicans and signed into law in 2025, the federal government will seed special investment accounts with $1,000 for qualifying newborns.
Launching in July 2026, this benefit applies exclusively to children born between Jan. 1, 2025, and Dec. 31, 2028. These accounts bear the president’s name and are officially codified in U.S. law.
10. National park passes
Status: Implemented (Disputed)
The Department of the Interior rolled out annual access passes that replace traditional scenic photography with the president’s image. This change is currently active but faces an ongoing lawsuit from an environmental group.
11. The Kennedy Center
Status: Implemented (Disputed)
The administration added the president’s name to the exterior wall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, placing it before Kennedy’s name. This was done without amending the U.S. law that establishes the building as a memorial to the slain president.
12. The U.S. Institute of Peace
Status: Implemented (Disputed)
The administration physically changed the name on the Washington headquarters of the U.S. Institute of Peace to feature the president’s name. This unilateral change was made without congressional approval.
13. Federal building banners
Status: Implemented
Agencies have hung massive promotional banners featuring the president’s image on the exterior of federal buildings.
According to CNN, these include prominent displays at the Department of Labor, the Department of Agriculture, and the Department of Justice.
14. Palm Beach International Airport
Status: Approved
While federal executive agencies are driving most changes, local governments are also participating. Florida state officials approved changing the name of the airport nearest the president’s private club to include his full name.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is cooperating with this state-level effort by planning to change the facility’s official three-letter designation to DJT.
15. Transit hub renaming efforts
Status: Failed
The administration offered to unfreeze billions in federal infrastructure funding if local authorities agreed to rename Dulles Airport and Penn Station after the president. Local leaders refused, and a federal judge ordered the money released regardless.
16. Triumphal arch proposal
Status: Proposed
The administration has expressed a desire to construct a triumphal arch adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery. While this monument has been publicly discussed, it has not yet moved into official development.
17. White House ballroom additions
Status: Proposed
There are plans to add a massive ballroom to the White House. While it lacks an official designation, observers note it would functionally serve as a namesake wing for the current administration if constructed.
18. Private gold statues
Status: Implemented
Not every visual tribute is an official government directive. A cryptocurrency organization independently commissioned and unveiled a gold statue of the president at his Florida golf club. Unlike the federal projects listed above, this memorial was entirely funded by private money rather than taxpayer dollars.
19. Satirical protest statues
Status: Permitted (Disputed)
Unlike the administration-sponsored initiatives, these installations were private protest art. The National Park Service permitted the temporary installation of two distinct statues depicting the president and the late financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Executed by critics using First Amendment permits, the first statue was installed in September 2025 and featured the two holding hands. A second Titanic-themed statue, installed in March 2026, depicted the two in an embrace at a ship’s bow.
These guerrilla displays were designed to mock the men’s past social association on federal land. The administration has consistently dismissed the underlying connection, stating the two had a falling out in the early 2000s.
The pain of stamp removal
While a future administration can tear down a banner or deactivate a website, it is exponentially harder — and more expensive — to rename a commissioned class of warships or recall millions of circulating coins.
This isn’t just a temporary makeover for a 250th anniversary; it is an attempt to bake a specific political identity into the long-term logistical and financial baseline of the United States.
Future leaders may want to scrub the record, but they will find that the cost of removal is far higher than the original application.
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