About 40,000 of the documents, which the White House has called “patriot passports,” will be issued at no extra cost while supplies last, according to the State Department. The passport features a monochrome portrait of Mr. Trump leaning forward with the Declaration of Independence behind him and his signature underneath. The back of the booklet commemorates the semiquincentennial and includes an image of the founders gathered around the Declaration of Independence.
The Trump passports are available only at the Washington Passport Agency. Other agencies around the country and world will continue to issue standard U.S. passports, according to the State Department.
The passports are the latest place Mr. Trump has inserted, or tried to insert, his name and likeness during his second term, following the Kennedy Center, the U.S. Institute of Peace, U.S. Navy warships, a proposed $250 bill and more. This is the first time a sitting U.S. president has appeared on a passport.
The Trump passport was issued by default to applicants at the Washington agency on Monday. Jadyn Afante, 19, of Northern Virginia, had just submitted the forms to renew her passport and said she didn’t see or hear anything in the passport office to indicate she would get the version with Mr. Trump on it. She found that upsetting.
“Someone that doesn’t care about immigrants shouldn’t be on a passport,” Ms. Afante said. “This leaves me feeling quite sad,” she said. “If only I did this a week before.”
Mr. Trump’s image on the passport “seems a little silly to me,” said Jackson Baselice, 21, of North Carolina. “I would be frustrated if people internationally had predisposed judgments about me because of it.”
