Trump to Be First Living President in US Passports

The State Department said Tuesday that it is preparing a limited release of commemorative US passports celebrating America's 250th birthday that feature a picture of President Trump, who would be the first living president to be featured in the travel document. The concept for the special passport, including a rendering of Trump's stern-looking visage, had been under consideration for months before finally being approved late Monday, the AP reports. Between 25,000 and 30,000 of the new passports will be available to applicants at the Washington, DC, passport office beginning shortly before July 4.

• It's the latest instance of Trump having his name and likeness added to buildings, documents, and other highly visible tributes. There are efforts to put Trump's signature on all new US paper currency, also a first for a sitting president, as well as to include his image on a gold commemorative coin to celebrate the country's founding.
• The commemorative passport will be the default document for people applying in person at the Washington office, although those who want a standard passport will be able to get one by applying online or outside Washington, officials said.
• The limited release passport will feature Trump's picture over a gold imprimatur of his signature on an interior page, while the cover will feature the words "United States of America" in bold gold print at the top and
  "Passport" at the bottom—a reversal of the standard cover. In addition, a small gold laminate American flag, with the number 250 encircled by stars, will be at the bottom of the back cover.
• The only presidents featured in current US passports are in a double-page depiction of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
• Other depictions include the Statue of Liberty, the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall in Philadelphia, and scenes of the Great Plains, mountains, and islands. Current passports also contain quotations from Martin Luther King Jr. as well as Presidents Washington, Jefferson, Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Dwight Eisenhower.