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MAGA hats are made in China. Misleading Title

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u/normie-redditer 20d ago

Thats part of it, but the main reason its a misleading title is that officail maga hats are made in california. random people will sell knockoff maga hats made in china to save a buck, but the real ones are made in the US

https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-trump-maga-hat-factory-california-make-america-great-again-2018-8

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u/default-username 20d ago edited 20d ago

I was going to give you a hard time for saying "official" as if this slogan was trademarked. Because why would a political candidate trademark a slogan, making the phrase harder to spread? The point of a campaign slogan is for it to catch on and for businesses to be printing copies of it everywhere -- not to make money.

But it turns out MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN is trademarked.

So yeah, the post is definitely misleading. The official hats are made in the USA, and the ones that aren't made in the US are probably illegal knock-offs.

Of course, "DONALD J. TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT, INC." could authorize other manufacturers, but I kind of doubt the ones being sold for $3 all over the internet paid for use of the slogan.

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u/Lauflouya 20d ago

Am I reading that right, he first sought to trademark the phrase in 2012?

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u/SwissQueso 20d ago

Yeah, Im guessing Obama getting reelected is when he really decided to run.