EXCLUSIVE: State Dept. Finalizing Plan to Put Trump Picture on U.S. Passports

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/exclusive-state-dept-finalizing-plan

Images of the new passport were shared with The Bulwark on condition that it not publish them. According to the source, a government official who provided The Bulwark with color photographs of the redesign, the State Department is planning a “limited run” of 25,000 Trump-emblazoned passports. As of now, according to the source, the new design is still awaiting approval.

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Zaktor@sopuli.xyz · 20 pts · 139d

My bet is this is either a soft launch before they just use this one for all passports (discouraging left of center people from getting it) or a way to encourage old MAGA people who have never considered traveling to get proof of citizenship. Either way, it's about voting and citizenship checks, not just ego.

Ascrod@midwest.social · 16 pts · 139d

They want to immortalize this guy so badly.

Too bad he's pretty much a corpse who hasn't realized he expired some time ago.

yenahmik@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 139d (2 replies)

Why the fuck does this asshole have to put his face on everything?!

themeatbridge@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 139d

It's part of the firehose of bullshit. Every small thing he can do to irritate his critics is a victory, because you have to commit bandwidth to shutting down this bullshit.

He doesn't actually care if he is successful in 90% of his schemes, as long it distracts people from all the thieving and the raping.

Hayduke@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 139d

He is self-aware enough to know that he will never be posthumously awarded any honorable recognition. He is a ln abject failure, and he knows it.

socsa@piefed.social · 9 pts · 138d

What a perfectly normal thing for a regular president to do.

Surely people see why this shit is fucking nuts right? Imagine if Obama went out of his way to "troll" his detractors like this..m

dhork@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 139d (1 reply)

Shit, looks like I will be renewing my passport a few months early. Can I put on the application that I am renewing it early because I don't want to carry around Trump's picture for the next 10 years?

Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 132d

Unless you’re in DC and applying in person at a certain passport office, you have nothing to worry about. Headlines for this story make it seem like this is a nationwide thing for everyone because that idea drives engagement a lot more than the actual situation.

nocturne@slrpnk.net · 8 pts · 139d (2 replies)

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 139d (1 reply)

Why is it always a pic of him constipated sitting on a toilet?

Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 132d

It’s the only face he can make anymore.

CobblerScholar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 138d

Inb4 we find out the state department fucked up making them so they become easily counterfeit and utterly useless as official documents

Akasazh@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 138d

I did an inverse eating the onion.

Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 138d

Well, thank fuck I renewed mine last year so hopefully in 8 years they'll have his ugly ass off there