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Scott Bessent: “Well, it's going to be on all the currency for the 250th.”

Featuring: Scott Bessent, Republican | Secretary of the Treasury | National

REVEALED: Bessent gives first look at Trump-signed $100 dollar bills

Published July 14, 2026 | Video Starts at 02:09

This is a beautiful office with a great view of the new big, beautiful ballroom. It's big and it's beautiful. It's almost finished. It's going fast going. Donald Trump's signature will be on $100 bill. Well, it's going to be on all the currency for the 250th. Everything. Yes. So that as Treasury Secretary, I only have two mandates. The currency has to say in God we Trust somewhere on it. And there cannot be a image of a living person. (02:09–02:13)

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Asserts that the President's signature will be on all currency for the 250th anniversary.

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“Solomon Chase, who was the treasurer or Treasury Secretary during the Civil War, created the greenback.”
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“It's going to have one, one big change on it. For the 250th. The President's signature is going to be on it for the first time.”
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“The currency has to say in God we Trust somewhere on it. And there cannot be a image of a living person.”
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“President's also going to have a coin coming out with his image on it.”
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“I think the money supply in Venezuela went down 90 something percent.”
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“Americans used to come and cash their checks here [at the Treasury vault].”
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“We used to have states used to have their own money. Banks used to issue their own money.”
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“These, they're printed here in D.C. or Dallas. Then they go to the Federal Reserve and the serial numbers are all registered at the Fed.”
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“Absolutely not. Absolutely. We rotate the currency always, so nothing extra to the taxpayer.”
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“There's something called seigniorage. So we put out currency and people take it. We take in cash and then we collect interest on the cash.”
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“Well, they make it more affordable by making it making people worse off. And look, things are very cheap in Cuba. Things are very cheap in…”
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“I went to the, to Russia right after the wall came down and the Soviet Union fell apart and it was just destitution, nothing there.”
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