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The State Department just revealed a first look at a line of limited-edition passports designed to commemorate the 250th anniversary of American independence. They feature a large image of President Donald Trump\u2019s face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In a first look shared with Fox News, the proposed design includes two custom interior pages: one featuring Trump\u2019s portrait, and another featuring an image of the Founding Fathers signing the Declaration of Independence. A State Department spokesperson told Fast Company<\/em> that the limited-edition design is expected to roll out in July, and will be \u201cavailable for any American citizen who applies for a passport when the rollout happens and will continue for as long as there is availability.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n There\u2019s one important caveat: These special passports will only be available at the Washington Passport Agency in D.C., and the Bulwark reported that there will only be 25,000 available. The State Department described that number to Fast Company<\/em> as \u201cfake news\u201d and did not respond to a request for an official number of passports that are expected to be produced. But it seems likely that only a very limited number of Americans will get their hands on one. That presents a question: Why even make these in the first place?<\/p>\n The limited-edition 250th passport design has three main differences from the current official document that was first implemented in 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n On the back of the passport, which is blank in the official version, the limited-edition passport includes an embossed golden flag based on the official 1777 flag, which included 13 stars in a circle to represent the colonies. Inside that circle is the number \u201c250.\u201d <\/p>\n On the reverse of that back cover, an image of the Voyager spacecraft, the moon, and Earth has been swapped for a piece of John Trumbull\u2019s 1818 painting, Declaration of Independence<\/em>. A quote from African American author Anna Julia Cooper is absent in the limited-edition version, which simply reads \u201cUnited States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n The inside front cover of the limited-edition passport is where the most obvious alteration has been made. A scene from a painting by artist Edward Percy Moran of the lawyer and poet behind the lyrics of the \u201cStar Spangled Banner,\u201d Francis Scott Key, has been removed. The 250th version replaces that image with Trump\u2019s second official portrait\u2014inspired by his mug shot\u2014superimposed over the Declaration of Independence and captioned with the President\u2019s signature in gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\nWhat\u2019s new on the limited-edition Trump passport?<\/h2>\n