Washington (AP) – Imagine working on a break Donald Trump’s birthday. You will receive a $100 bill containing a Trump portrait. It will land at Donald J. Trump International Airport, near the country’s capital. The show will be held at the Donald J. Trump Center for Performing Arts.
Everything will be possible under the surge in bills sponsored by Republican lawmakers this year.
Trump is within six months of his second term, but some Republicans are ready to promote him to the American great Pantheon, and have proposed a list of bills he will respect before his second term ends. One lawmaker even suggests carving the face Mount Rushmore.
It’s a legislative exercise that mixes flattery and politics, and is another harsh reminder of the transformation under Trump as he seeks a way to win the good bounty of the president and stay close to his supporters.
Doug Hay, Republican strategist who served as communications director Republican National Committeesaid the bill has an important audience despite their frivolity.
“This is one person,” Hay said. “Not so, ‘Hey, voters, look at what I’m trying to do for Donald.'” It’s, ‘Hey, Donald, look at what I’m trying to do for you.’
There’s no time to waste
House Republicans moved quickly to honor Trump after his second term began. The bill to rename Virginia’s Dulles International Airport after Trump was introduced 72 hours later His oath.
“The best president of my life,” said North Carolina Rep. Addison McDowell, the bill sponsor. “And we can’t think of a better way to respect someone than to cement our historical status by naming the international airport in our country’s capital after him.”
Texas Rep. Brandon Gill waited a few more weeks before sponsoring his bill and posting a picture of Trump on the $100 bill. His law said $100 invoices printed after December 31, 2028 could be printed without a Trump portrait, despite federal law prohibiting living persons from being placed in US currency. The law, enacted shortly after the civil war, was intended to avoid the emergence of monarchies.
Another proposal from Florida Rep. Greg Stube changes the name of the Trump Train, the Washington subway system. It also combines bills from Rep. Claudia Tenney in New York. Trump’s birthday Flag Day, which designates June 14th as a federal public holiday.
Perhaps the boldest idea comes from Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna. He hopes that the Secretary of the Interior will be carved on Mount Rushmore alongside Washington, Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt. She has two models in the office.
Luna said Two assassination attempts And “fake bullets each” and Trump “showed not only that he was resilient in character, but also that he was able to do things other presidents couldn’t achieve.”
South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson admits he wasn’t obsessed with Trump at first. Now, Wilson has a pamphlet to give to colleagues asking them to sponsor a bill that directs the Department of Printing and Sculpture to design and print a $250 bill that includes images of Trump. Honor matches 250th anniversary Declaring US independence.
“I think the president served him in a way that he deserved,” Wilson said.
It’s not just a few random Republicans. GOP’s Tax Reductions and Immigration Act has renamed new types Savings account For children with “MAGA Account” “Trump Treasurer.”
“Trump is a transformative leader and he defended them,” Senator Jason Smith, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said of the name change.
Nobel Peace Prize
Several lawmakers are talking about Trump as someone to win Nobel Peace Prize.
As a candidate, Trump promised he would do so. End the Russian-Ukraine War on his first day He later took office as president before he said he was making a joke. Resolving that conflict against Hamas in Gaza and Israel’s war escaped Trump.
But Republicans and at least one foreign leader Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still suggest that Trump receive the award. Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno called on the Senate to nominate Trump, while Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn asked social media followers to share her posts if they agreed he deserved it.
Tenney recently wrote about X, where she nominated Trump twice, and will continue to do so until he wins the award.
Melania Trump also pays tribute
The budget bill that passes through the House includes an amendment from Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson, which will name the Kennedy Center Opera House. First Lady Melania Trump.
Simpson said he had no idea about the fix until the White House was introduced. He said that the theatre is currently not named by anyone, so the different efforts are different from renaming Dulles Airport in Trump’s honor.
“She’s just an art advocate and has always been, and we’re trying to keep art alive with this bill,” Simpson said. “So we thought it was appropriate.”
Smart politics
For many Republicans, praise Trump in the law is simply a smart politics. Trump’s support helps many lawmakers catapult into elected offices, and his support could be useful as individual members try to lead priorities to the law.
Additionally, Trump will actively exercise his support and replace members He feels dishonest And reward the allies. He has already supported Gill and Luna for reelection in 2026, calling them the “Maga Warriors.”
But Trump’s supportive power has surpassed the primary, especially in the midterm elections.
“In the general election, they just send signals to Trump voters, trust someone and send signals to vote for them,” said Steve Stever, former chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee.
Democrats watch out for Trump’s gust of respect and see it as an opportunity to portray a Republican majority who has been praised for focusing on placing Trump, rather than helping Americans.
“House Republicans continue to embarrass themselves,” said Hakem Jeffries, a New York Democratic leader. “These people are sycophants.”
