House GOP flatters Trump with legislation dedicated to his presidency – Washington Examiner
House Republicans are actively proposing various initiatives to honor former President Donald Trump and solidify his legacy. following the Republican victories in the 2024 elections, several bills have been introduced to place TrumpS likeness on American currency, including one by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) aiming to replace Benjamin Franklin on the $100 bill with Trump. This proposed legislation is dubbed the “Golden Age Act of 2025.”
Additionally,there are proposals to rename Washington Dulles International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport and to assertively pursue the acquisition of Greenland, as Trump had previously suggested. Other supportive measures include the nomination of Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, the carving of his image on Mount Rushmore, and the proposal to make his birthday a national holiday.
The pushback against these initiatives is significant, particularly from Democrats, who have long advocated for replacing Andrew Jackson’s image on the $20 bill with that of Harriet Tubman. Despite the fervent support from GOP lawmakers, the broader public and political response to these measures remain mixed, reflecting the ongoing divisions within American politics.
Trump money, airport, and holiday: House GOP honors the president with branded bills
House Republicans want to cement Donald Trump’s legacy with a litany of legislation to spread the agenda and name of the 45th and 47th president throughout America.
Since Republicans took control of Congress and Trump reentered office on Jan. 20, GOP lawmakers have introduced numerous bills, organized campaign events, and nominated the president for awards after the 2024 election proved the Republican Party is fully rallying around Trump.
Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX), a vocal Trump supporter and president of the GOP freshman class, introduced a bill on Monday to replace Benjamin Franklin with Trump on the $100 bill. The bill, “Golden Age Act of 2025,” follows a common theme from the 2024 campaign trail and inauguration in which Republicans have promised there’s a new “golden age” in America.
The legislation comes as Democrats have pushed since 2016 to place Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, replacing former President Andrew Jackson. The first Trump administration postponed plans to place Tubman on the bill until 2028, causing backlash from Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced the “Harriet Tubman Tribute Act of 2023” but it never passed through committee.
Gill’s bill is one of several introduced by Trump Republicans who hope to see his second administration live on past his four-year term — and one bill, from Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), wants to expand that to eight years by amending the Constitution to allow Trump to serve three terms as commander in chief.
Other freshmen, like Gill, have jumped into the mix to honor Trump after the GOP’s victories in the 2024 election. Rep. Addison McDowell (R-NC) introduced a bill to rename Washington Dulles International Airport to Donald J. Trump International Airport.
Two bills center on the purchase of Greenland. Trump has repeatedly insisted that the United States should acquire Greenland for national security reasons, noting that the island is rich with numerous critical national resources, hosts a U.S. military base, and is strategically located.
Despite Democrats blasting Trump’s proposal as outlandish and archaic, there is precedent for the U.S. attempting to purchase the territory from Denmark. Previous attempts were made in 1867, 1910, and from 1946-1947.
Ogles introduced the “Make Greenland Great Again Act,” which allows Trump to enter into negotiations with Denmark to purchase the territory. A similar bill from Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA) would rename Greenland “Red, White, and Blueland.”
Acquiring Greenland is not the only way to gain Trump’s favor. Republicans have also rallied behind Trump’s remarks that he wants to make Canada the 51st state, a pitch that has been thoroughly rejected by the U.S.’s northern neighbor but latched on to by the GOP.
On Monday, Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) sent out a poll to her “fellow conservatives” asking whether Canada should be made the 51st state.
“Let’s stand together for America’s future,” Boebert wrote in the campaign email.
No legislation has been sponsored to allow Trump to acquire Canada — but the Washington Examiner reached out to Boebert to see whether she would be interested in doing so based on the results of the poll.
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD) also reintroduced a bill to purchase the Panama Canal, another goal of Trump’s. An initial draft of the legislation noted that the purchase would amount to $1, an homage to Trump’s claim that former President Jimmy Carter sold the canal to Panama for that amount, though fact-checkers have noted otherwise.
Some Republicans are looking to solidify Trump’s legacy well beyond Washington. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) introduced a bill to carve Trump’s image on the iconic Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) said he plans to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, with his spokesperson pointing to Trump’s peace efforts in the Middle East. The president has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize multiple times in the past, most recently by Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-NY) in 2024, but has never won.
Issa’s decision to nominate Trump comes after the president’s heated meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr centered on a possible ceasefire in the war between Ukraine and Russia. Many Republicans praised Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s behavior as showing strength, while some GOP lawmakers in competitive districts warned a breakdown in relations could eventually lead to victory for Russia.
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Tenney set her sights on a different pro-Trump push this year. In February, she proposed making Trump’s birthday a national holiday because “no modern president has been more pivotal for our country.” His birthday is June 14, which is also Flag Day, so Tenney’s bill would rename the holiday “Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day.”
Republicans have a higher chance of turning these bills into law thanks to the trifecta, but with Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) razor-thin majority in the House, it’s possible some vulnerable Republicans who represent swing or blue districts may not get on board with things like the Greenland bills or renaming buildings after the president.
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