Red Dead presidents on the money

Spotted in trailer
Red Dead presidents on the money
HeistAtlas illustration — not actual game art

GTA 6's cash notes carry US presidents first named in Red Dead Redemption 2, tying Rockstar's two worlds together.

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The same fictional presidents

Spotted in trailer

The bills shown in the trailer feature Thaddeus Waxman and Franklin Hardin — fictional US presidents who were also referenced in Red Dead Redemption 2. The $1 note carries Hardin, RDR2's former president. It is a small but deliberate thread connecting GTA's modern Leonida to the historical world of Red Dead, the kind of shared-universe wink Rockstar has used before.

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Questions and answers

Are GTA and Red Dead in the same universe?

Officially nothing has been said. What is on screen is that GTA 6's banknotes carry presidents first named in Red Dead Redemption 2, which is a nod rather than a shared canon.

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Has Rockstar confirmed this easter egg?

No. The find sits in official material (Trailer 2) and was written up by Den of Geek; Rockstar does not comment on easter eggs, so this entry describes the footage and nothing more.

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Updated: 2026-06-30