India, June 27 -- US President Donald Trump has unveiled a new limited-edition commemorative United States passport bearing his own image, making him the first living president in American history to feature on the country's official travel document. The announcement, timed to coincide with the nation's semiquincentennial, the 250th anniversary of American independence, has drawn equal measures of patriotic fanfare from supporters and blistering criticism from opponents who are calling it an unprecedented act of presidential vanity.

Trump debuted the design on Friday via his Truth Social platform, posting an image of the passport page alongside the caption: "The U.S.A.'s New Passport, which says, 'Welcome, but be good!'" The post sent th...