NPR⁠84%

Treasury Department prepares $250 bill with Trump's face on it ⁠12%

By Deepa Shivaram⁠0%

5/28/2026, 8:36:11 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 18.3% saturation with 67 hits. Analysis detected 476 faulty-reasoning hits from 366 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 28.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (18,805 of 21,180 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 88.80% of the article peer group.

President Trump's face could soon appear on a $250 bill as part of the Trump administration's celebration of the 250th anniversary of the country. 
The law currently states no living president can appear on currency, but the administration is preparing for the possibility that Congress will pass legislation authorizing the special Trump bill. 
"It's all in the hands of… Capitol Hill," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in the White House briefing room Thursday. 
"We prepared things in advance… but we will stick to the law." 
Bessent added that he didn't think there was anything "untoward" about having the president who was in office during the country's 250th anniversary appear on the bill. 
Last year, GOP Rep. 
Joe Wilson of South Carolina proposed a bill that would require the treasury to print $250 notes with Trump's portrait on it but the legislation hasn't been taken up yet. 
The Washington Post reported it was two Trump political appointees who began urging the drafts of the new $250 note be created, including mocking up the president's likeness. 
Bessent held up a draft of the Post's story while briefing White House reporters on Thursday. 
If Congress changes the law, Trump would be the first living person to appear on currency since 1866. 
The president has already made history when it comes to appearing on money. 
Earlier this year, the Treasury Department announced Trump's signature would appear on all new printed money - a departure from having signatures from the treasury secretary and the treasurer. 
It's part of a larger trend of Trump putting his mark on government buildings and institutions and other materials, some in effort to commemorate America's 250th birthday. 
There's the possibility of a new commemorative passport with Trump's face, for example. 
And the commemorative coin. 
And the National Parks pass. 
In Washington, Trump's face looms on a banner over the Justice Department. 
His name was added onto the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the U.S. 
Institute of Peace. 
His administration also named policy initiatives – such as the Trump Accounts – after the president, who was known in his business career for his prolific self-branding. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 7.4%Deepa Shivaram: 3.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.4%Confirmation Bias7.4%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 8.5%Deepa Shivaram: 2.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.8%Availability Heuristic8.5%This article: 7.4%Deepa Shivaram: 1.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic7.4%This article: 3.6%Deepa Shivaram: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.8%Hindsight Bias3.6%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 3.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.4%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 15.3%Deepa Shivaram: 7.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 11.1%Framing Effect15.3%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 3.3%Deepa Shivaram: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Status Quo Bias3.3%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 7.4%Deepa Shivaram: 2.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.4%Optimism Bias7.4%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 1.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 10.7%Deepa Shivaram: 5.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 11.3%Negativity Bias10.7%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 2.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 7.4%Deepa Shivaram: 1.7%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error7.4%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.3%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.8%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 7.4%Deepa Shivaram: 3.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Halo Effect7.4%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 8.2%Deepa Shivaram: 1.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.7%Recency Bias8.2%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.5%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.2%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Straw Man0.0%This article: 7.7%Deepa Shivaram: 2.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 6.1%Appeal to Authority7.7%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 2.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.5%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.6%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.3%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 18.3%Deepa Shivaram: 3.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 4.4%Hasty Generalization18.3%This article: 3.6%Deepa Shivaram: 1.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Red Herring3.6%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.7%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 3.3%Deepa Shivaram: 4.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 6.6%Appeal to Emotion3.3%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.5%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 1.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.4%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.3%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 1.7%Goats and Soda (NPR): 2.8%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 1.9%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.2%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.4%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.5%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 5.5%Deepa Shivaram: 5.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.3%Unattributed Quote5.5%This article: 5.5%Deepa Shivaram: 2.1%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection5.5%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 4.2%Goats and Soda (NPR): 3.1%Biased Writer Voice0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.0%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 1.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Deepa Shivaram: 0.0%Goats and Soda (NPR): 0.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…0.0%

366 words analyzed.

Speakers

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Scott Bessent

79%flagged-word coverage
75 attributed words57% of attributed speech60% writer coverage
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Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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