While most Americans probably don’t carry $100 bills, they exist, and they feature Benjamin Franklin’s face. At least, that is, they currently feature Benjamin Franklin’s face.
As The Hill reported, Republican Rep. Brandon Gill of Texas, one of Congress’ newest and youngest members, has proposed legislation to redesign the C note.
First-term GOP Rep. Brandon Gill (Texas) has introduced a measure that would require all $100 bills to have President [Donald] Trump’s face on them. The legislation, titled the Golden Age Act of 2025, highlights a common sentiment from the president and his allies, which is that his second term will usher in the “Golden Age of America.”
The congressman added in a written statement that altering the currency on Trump’s behalf would be “a small way to honor all he will accomplish these next four years.”
Or put another way, Gill isn’t prepared to celebrate Trump’s actual record so much as he wants to put the president’s face on $100 bills in honor of accomplishments that haven’t yet happened.
The legislation — which, incidentally, is quite real and not something I made up to make members of Congress appear foolish — has already picked up two co-sponsors: Republican Reps. Troy Nehls of Texas and Lauren Boebert of Colorado.
In case this weren’t quite enough, the same afternoon, Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California announced that he’s nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. The GOP congressman didn’t say why, exactly, he was doing this, though it’s likely that the president, who has long lobbied for the honor, will be pleased.
Issa is also the co-sponsor of legislation, introduced last week, that would create a $250 bill, and its Republican authors also want to feature Trump’s face. (Existing federal law prohibits any living person from being depicted on U.S. currency, but the bill would create a one-time exception to the legal prohibition.)
As we discussed last week, there is a temptation to ignore silly congressional efforts like these, which will almost certainly go ignored. There is, however, a larger pattern that’s worth appreciating.
A few weeks ago, for example, Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney of New York introduced legislation to make Trump’s birthday a federal holiday. The GOP congresswoman, in apparent seriousness, argued that such a move would “recognize him as the founder of America’s Golden Age.”
That bill came on the heels of a bill intended to carve Trump’s face into Mount Rushmore, which came on the heels of a measure to allow Trump to seek a third term.








