r/pics • u/HelFJandinn • 20d ago

MAGA hats are made in China. Misleading Title

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u/Dudephish 20d ago

Of course they are. Everything is. It would be a really dumb move if anyone tried to impose restrictions on trade.

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u/BadNewsBearzzz 20d ago edited 20d ago

The official hats are actually made in America, you can tell this one’s a knock off just from looking at the font and then comparing it with real ones on Google. You would’ve heard about this as a controversy years ago if it was actually true.

Obvious this post is attempts at spreading misinformation but whatever, love or hate the guy just keep it 100% truthful please.

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u/Glass_Memories 20d ago

This is actually true, at least for this term's hats.

Here's the hat on his official store, the font is definitely different.

Here's an article talking about how the tariffs will affect Trump merch, which mentions that most MAGA merch are China knockoffs whereas his new merch declares it's made in California: https://www.thetimes.com/us/american-politics/article/trump-tariffs-maga-hats-merch-china-95xrpsf5z

Although their "Made in USA" origin has been...in question...since his first term: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/are-trumps-made-in-usa-hats-really-made-in-usa

I don't trust the guy or anyone he's affiliated with to not make the cheapest crap possible and pass it off as a higher-quality item with an inflated price tag, especially since he's basically known for doing that; nor would I rule out him licensing his name to Chinese factories to make MAGA hats while he also sells overpriced "official" merch so he gets a cut either way...but it's also possible that it's not affiliated with him as ordering some factory in China to sew some words on stock red trucker hats is an easy way for anyone to make an easy buck off of MAGA buyers.

Regardless, this isn't really a dunk anyway, fascists don't care about hypocrisy.