Overview
- The president posted a rendering of a commemorative passport on Truth Social on Friday that shows a large portrait of him, his signature, text from the Declaration of Independence, and the phrase “Welcome, but be good!”
- The State Department has said the limited‑edition passport will be issued beginning July 6 at the Washington Passport Agency while supplies last, and that online renewals and other passport locations will keep the standard design.
- It remains unclear whether the image the White House shared is the State Department’s official final artwork, because earlier government previews used a different portrait and the agency has not explicitly confirmed the president’s posted rendering.
- The design appears to use a White House/Smithsonian portrait and, if issued as shown, would be the first time a sitting U.S. president appears inside an American passport, a change that has drawn sharp criticism over the slogan and the personalization of a federal document.
- The rollout keeps standard passport security features but is limited in number, which means in‑person applicants at the Washington agency may receive the commemorative version while most citizens applying elsewhere will get the regular passport; the move has prompted debate and potential political and legal pushback over presidential imprinting on government items.