White House unveils new images of US ‘patriot passports’ for America’s 250th

A new US passport design on display at the state department booth at the Great American State Fair on Saturday in Washington DC. Photograph: Douliery Olivier/ABACA/Shutterstock

Donald Trump’s efforts to brand the US government with his name and image advanced on Friday when the White House unveiled new images of a passport watermarked with his portrait to mark America’s 250th anniversary.

The White House called it simply the “patriot passport”, while on Truth Social the president introduced it as “The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which says, ‘Welcome, but be good!’”