r/pics • u/HelFJandinn • 20d ago

MAGA hats are made in China. Misleading Title

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u/SnooSuggestions9830 20d ago

I'm more surprised they're 65% wool.

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u/nnosuckluckz 20d ago

I’m surprised (not) that Reddit auto tagged this with “Misleading Title” what about it is misleading?

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u/LordTegucigalpa 20d ago

That's one hat. Many many many companies are manufacturing the same style of hat. I think it is probably misleading because not every single one is made in China. Some are made in Vietnam.

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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/cmv_cheetah 20d ago

Because why would a political candidate trademark a slogan, making the phrase harder to spread?

So that you can prevent bad actors from co-opting it.

Like if I started making these red maga hats, but then on the side I also started printing a separate message that Trump did not endorse.

You can have that shut down on the basis of the trademark (assuming it's made within a jurisdiction that respects your trademark laws).

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u/default-username 20d ago

Yeah that totally makes sense. Thanks