The first batch of stimulus payments has reportedly been or was in the process of being directly deposited electronically into some taxpayers’ bank accounts this week. But it’s a different story for the actual physical paper checks, which were expected to take longer to be delivered.

Despite the urgent need for the money to relieve financial burdens amid the coronavirus pandemic that has shut down the nation’s economy, the physical checks are being delayed even further in an apparent case of the president’s vanity. Donald Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to print the checks with the president’s name on it instead of using the standard Treasury checks, the Washington Post reported Tuesday night.

That’s right: The delivery of the stimulus checks could be delayed because Trump wanted recipients to see his name in the upper left-hand corner of the check (even though they’re more concerned about the numerical figure on the right-hand side).

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“It will be the first time a president’s name appears on an IRS disbursement, whether a routine refund or one of the handful of checks the government has issued to taxpayers in recent decades either to stimulate a down economy or share the dividends of a strong one,” the Post wrote.

The Treasury Department told the Post that checks would not be delayed. But if Trump made the decision late Monday, as the Post reported, that that would mean that the checks with his name on it had not been printed yet and would likely not be sent according to the timetable that was originally set weeks ago. All because the president wants to have his name on the check.

Source: Where Are The Stimulus Checks? Trump Might Have Delayed Them More Out Of Vain