The State Department is printing an additional 250,000 copies of the commemorative “Patriot Passport” featuring President Trump’s likeness, expanding access to the travel document “in response to overwhelming demand” from the public. The Washington Post reported early Friday that more passports with Trump’s picture are coming, and officials said Americans across the country will soon be able to obtain the special edition.
The commemorative passport was previously available only at the State Department’s passport office in Washington, D.C. Under the expansion, Americans can schedule an appointment by phone at the department’s 24 other passport offices across the country. Passport offices in Centennial, Colorado; Chicago; Dallas; Detroit; Minneapolis; New Orleans; and Stamford, Connecticut will offer the passport at application events on Aug. 8, with other offices following in the weeks after.
“Since its release in celebration of 250 years of American independence, the commemorative passport has generated extraordinary public interest,” the State Department said in its announcement. “The Department of State is responding by expanding access so Americans across the country can obtain this unique and special document.”
The State Department unveiled the new passport in April, ahead of the nation’s 250th birthday. One page features Trump’s inaugural portrait surrounded by the text of the Declaration of Independence, while another includes a painting of the founding fathers at the signing of the document. Trump is the first sitting president featured on an American passport. The design also depicts Mount Rushmore and carries quotes from former presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
The expansion caps a rollout that began with limited availability in Washington and drew intense public attention. NPR reported earlier this month on how Americans can obtain, or avoid, the new design, a sign of both the program’s popularity and the debate it has generated. The State Department said the additional 250,000 copies are being made available specifically because of demand.
The passport is part of a broader pattern in which the Trump administration has added the president’s name and likeness to buildings, initiatives and government items over the past year and a half, including the U.S. Institute of Peace and, until a federal judge ordered its removal in June, the Kennedy Center’s building.
Putting a sitting president’s image on a standard government document is unprecedented, and the program has become a flashpoint in the broader political debate over the use of federal property and symbols ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Supporters describe the passport as a patriotic commemoration of the country’s 250th anniversary, while critics argue it personalizes a federal document around a single president.
Sources: The Hill: ‘Patriot’ passports with Trump’s image expanding across US, U.S. Department of State: America 250 commemorative passport, The Hill: Trump face passport design
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