Twitter Mocks Trump's New MAGA Christmas Cap: 'Nothing Says Populism Like a $45 Baseball Hat'
President Donald Trump is trying to “make Christmas great again” with a new $45 holiday-themed baseball cap — but Twitter is having none of it.
The hat — which costs almost double the price of a standard $25 Make America Great Again cap — was promoted on the official GOP Twitter account over the weekend to harsh criticism.
Many slammed the president for commercializing a religious holiday and for making himself, rather than Christmas, the focus of the hat.
“Interesting how Trump’s slogan is the most prominent part of the hat,” tweeted one critic. “It’s not Merry Christmas on the front and Make America Great Again on the back. Guess it’s only a War on Christmas if he says it is.”
Make Christmas Great Again. #MAGA ???? https://t.co/lNkzvAN4uJ ???? pic.twitter.com/YuhAacw4Jt
— GOP (@GOP) November 18, 2017
The Trump campaign is selling $45 Christmas-themed MAGA hats.
....because nothing says "populism" like a $45 baseball hat! pic.twitter.com/USiyRt3fBL— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) November 20, 2017
Interesting how Trump's slogan is the most prominent part of the hat. It's not Merry Christmas on the front and Make America Great Again on the back.
Guess it's only a War on Christmas if he says it is. https://t.co/uHmz0Dh7Q4— Tim Carlson (@thecivilcomment) November 19, 2017
Trump 2020 campaign has a new hat for sale. Costs nearly twice as much as regular MAGA hats. But it lets everyone know you’re a soldier in the War on Christmas. pic.twitter.com/MQbK2VQlki
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) November 20, 2017
45 doesn’t seem to understand that Christmas is actually a religious holiday. True to form he commercializes it. His Pricey New Christmas Hat (MCGA) Gets Exactly The Reception You’d Expect. Total fail! #TrumpIsAMoron https://t.co/h6xPpci47W
— ProfHelen (@Helenhs) November 21, 2017
Do the lights light up??
Is it powered by coal and soulless corruption?— Bored (@Bored330) November 18, 2017
Not certain how an overpriced hat made in China is going to make Christmas great again - particularly since I never thought it was so bad to begin with. The tweets say it all. #noneedtomakechristmasgreatagain https://t.co/A5YdtzcqCk
— Rebecca Latson (@RebeccaLatson50) November 21, 2017
The holiday hat, currently on sale at President Trump’s campaign store, has the words “Merry Christmas” stitched onto the back. Trump has repeatedly railed against department stores and other businesses that have embraced the phrase “happy holidays” as a secular season greeting, bemoaning that people no longer say “Merry Christmas” “because it’s not politically correct.”
Trump promised on the campaign trail that if “I get elected president, we’re going to be saying Merry Christmas again.”
