Trump Wants His Face On Your Money. Legacy Push Draws More Outrage. Plus: Keep Trump & Mamdani Away From The Knicks.
Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff
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🗓️ 1 June 2026
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | So, I mean, he's just going to try to throw his name and face on everything he possibly can before he dies. |
| 0:04.0 | Okay. |
| 0:04.3 | I mean, that's all about his legacy, trying to put his name out there and try to make sure you remember when you open your wallet of your passport, Donald Trump had something to do with it, and you owe him. Tonight, |
| 0:28.2 | Treasury Secretary Scott Besson is defending this possible new $250 bill with Donald Trump's face on it, |
| 0:34.9 | all to commemorate America's 250th birthday. |
| 0:40.0 | I don't think that there's anything untoward about having the President of the United States, |
| 0:45.6 | the person who was President of the United States on the 250th anniversary bill. |
| 0:51.4 | It is against federal law, though, to put a living person on U.S. currency. |
| 0:57.6 | Bessent says the Treasury Department is just preparing the design and waiting for Congress to act. |
| 1:02.9 | Republican Congressman Joe Wilson actually proposed legislation last year to bring this about. |
| 1:09.4 | Everyone is here with me. Jamal. So Besson did, to his credit, he did acknowledge |
| 1:15.3 | he's like, they're only going to do it. He acknowledges it's illegal. They will only do it if |
| 1:20.2 | Congress acts. But when he says there's nothing untoward about it, what do you think about it? |
| 1:26.4 | Well, there's nothing else for them to do, right? |
| 1:28.8 | No other issues going to happen in the country. They ought to just spend some legislative time doing this. |
| 1:33.5 | Listen, the American people are in the middle of a great price hike that's been happening. |
| 1:38.6 | Gas prices are taking over everyone's wallet. And now here we are going to put the president's fate on the bill. |
| 1:44.8 | It just seems like we ought to be focused on other things right now, not that. |
| 1:48.4 | I mean, one thing, I'm just like, what does it cost? It costs money to make money. |
| 1:53.0 | Like, it costs something to do this. And that is going to be a true conversation. But it's |
| 1:58.4 | also, Pritchin, it's, it's not just one banknote. Like, it's not just one |
| 2:03.2 | like commemorative thing. I mean, the list let me begin. It's the State Department issuing passports |
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