You Might Not Be the Worst-Looking Person in Your Passport Anymore!

Those who’ve traveled out of an airport recently will know the wince-inducing pain of having to whip out your passport, open the book to your photo page, and desperately avoid looking at the pimpley mugshot you took nine years ago in hospital-like lighting while the TSA agent scans it to make sure you’re at the right gate. But guess what!?! Soon, you can get your very own limited-edition America250 passport where your photo isn’t the ugliest one in the book. 

That’s right, on Tuesday, Fox News unveiled a limited-edition U.S. passport design that’ll feature Donald Trump’s mugshot—embossed into what seems to be the Declaration of Independence—as soon as you open the inside flap. The page right next to it will feature the Founding Fathers and, a few pages after, your not-so-hideous-anymore mugshot. On the back, inside the 13 stars on the Betsy Ross flag, will be the number “250.” Great!

The State Department has finalized a plan to put a picture of Donald Trump in passports. A portrait of an actual president has never been featured in a passport before, let alone a living one in office. This is dictator stuff.

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“These passports will feature customized artwork and enhanced imagery while maintaining the same security features that make the U.S. Passport the most secure document in the world,” Tommy Pigott, a spokesperson for the State Department, told Fox. “As the United States celebrates America’s 250th anniversary in July, the State Department is preparing to release a limited number of specially designed U.S. Passports to commemorate this historic occasion.” Counting the days, Tommy!

Per Pigott, the limited-edition passport will be available for anyone looking to renew their passport, and will be available for as long as supplies last. But good news for those whose passports are about to expire—during this period, you can still get a normal book. (Phew.)

“Between the UFC250 Fight, the Great American State Fair, Freedom250 Grand Prix, and this new passport celebrating our freedom, President Trump continues to proudly lead a renewal of national pride and patriotism during our historic semi-quincentennial celebration,” White House spokesperson Olivia Wales told the Daily Beast. Because nothing celebrates our freedom like an image of the guy working hard to remove our civil liberties form the ol’ U.S. of A. 

The new passports are also the latest of Americana tchotchkes the Trump administration is planning to ruin this summer, after in March alone, the administration announced Trump’s signature will soon start appearing on newly printed currency; that it’ll start producing 24-karat gold coins featuring a portrait of the president; and that it’s replacing the olive branch on the dime with a jingoist bald eagle holding only arrows.

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