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\n\tJack White<\/a> has criticised the U.S. Treasury Department\u2019s plans to place President Donald Trump\u2019s signature on all new U.S. paper currency, calling out the move as a symbol of vanity at a time when everyday Americans are struggling financially.<\/p>\n \n\tIn a lengthy Instagram post on Friday<\/a> (March 27), White mocked the announcement. \u201cOh how humble!\u201d he wrote. \u201cBut why stop there donnie? Why don\u2019t you use your small hands to sign into law that your oh so stern orange face appears on the front of the hundred dollar bill as well?\u201d <\/p>\n \n\tTraditionally, U.S. currency features only the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer \u2014 Trump\u2019s addition will mark the first time a sitting president\u2019s signature has appeared on paper notes.<\/p>\n \n\tWhite connected the move to the broader economic pressures facing ordinary Americans, pointing to rising gas prices stemming from Trump\u2019s military campaign against Iran, which launched Feb. 28. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cTSA agents are selling plasma to pay rent while he takes the day off, cheats at golf, and bombs other countries for fun,\u201d he wrote. \u201cGas prices are surging as a worldwide crisis that HE caused rages in the Middle East; it\u2019s the perfect time to joke on fox \u2018news\u2019, visit Graceland, and sign into law to have your bloated, cocky signature on all U.S. currency!\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWhite also took aim at what he described as Congressional inaction, characterising Trump as \u201ca manipulative, loophole finding, egomaniacal, conman\u201d who had been handed unchecked power. He questioned whether the regulatory guardrails on Trump\u2019s commercial ventures \u2014 including branded Bibles, sneakers and commemorative coins \u2014 were functioning at all. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI\u2019m sure Congress is regulating all that though and not just letting him break the law and profit from his office,\u201d he wrote sarcastically. \u201cWe\u2019re in good hands.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWhite closed the post by suggesting \u2014 while acknowledging the legal implications \u2014 that Americans might consider marking over Trump\u2019s signature on new banknotes, tagging the post #redactedbanknotes. <\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWouldn\u2019t it be funny if someone started a campaign to black magic marker line out his name every time you receive a new banknote?\u201d he wrote. \u201cI think that\u2019s against the law to deface U.S. currency, so I would never suggest that becoming a nationwide campaign\u2026but is everyone allowed to break the law when they feel like it or just donnie?\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIt is not the first time White has spoken out against the Trump administration in recent weeks. Last month he criticised the president\u2019s declaration of war against Iran on social media, writing: \u201cBehold the leader of the \u2018Board of Peace.’\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWhite is one of rock\u2019s most decorated musicians. As co-founder of the White Stripes<\/a>, he helped define the garage rock revival of the early 2000s \u2014 the duo\u2019s \u201cSeven Nation Army\u201d topped the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and won the 2004 Grammy for Best Rock Song, while albums including Elephant<\/em> (2003) and Icky Thump<\/em> (2007) both reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200. His debut solo album Blunderbuss<\/em> (2012) debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the White Stripes in 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n