The Trump MAGA hat, the greatest fetish for the greatest president, By Hal M. Brown
His hat has magical mystical power.
I can imagine what residents of other countries, not merely their leaders, think if they spend any time following American news. Not just political news, all the news. They might think that we’re consumed by the a story about somebody with a strange middle name, Sean Diddy Combs.
They may think we are as interested in him as we are in Donald Trump and his manic move to make the news. Always showing how he’s making good on his promise to make life miserable for immigrants by rounding them up and having them detained in the the Everglades where if they try to escape they’ll be eaten by allligators.
They are probably so used to seeing Trump wearing a baseball hat that they think this is normal. It still gets to me. If they are paying attention to the news they may notice the new hat Trump wore when he visited his Alligator Alcatraz:
These days baseball hats are simply called hats. For example, a MAGA hat. Nobody says “I am going to wear my MAGA baseball hat to the rally.” Still, the hats did originate with baseball. Here’s an article from Smithsonian Magazine:
Like many people in developed countries Americans are interested in fashion and what celebrities wear. For example just the other day we had articles like The best and worst outfits from Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s celebrity wedding.
Depending on the fashion of the times presidents often wore hats. The 6’4” Lincoln was famous for wearing a hat that made him look even taller than those around him.
JFK occassionally wore one:
Trump, the preening narcissist, is 6’3” and is taller than most of the people he’s photographed with. He also pays a lot of attention to how his hair looks and I have no doubt is dismayed by the fact that it doesn’t look like it used to. Read article:
For him, the hat serves the purpose of branding and hiding his hair.
The words on baseball caps have gone from just designating sports teams to just about anything you can think of. Until I began to write this and did some research I didn’t know that MLB caps (major league baseball) had become political symbols (read: When Hats Became Symbols of Political Movements).
Of course any history of hats as political symbols will include the two versions of the MAGA hat, the one with four letters and the other with the words spelled out.
There are two meanings of the word fetish used as a noun. One has a sexual connotation but the other applies to the MAGA hat: an object believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner. (Reference)
I doubt the “Gulf of Mexico” hat will be more than a footnote explaining how Trump’s magical hat fetish evolved unless Trump visits the gulf and actually walks on water.
One benefit of the MAGA hat being so identified with Trump is that I don’t have to explain the meaning of the following image, at least to those familiar with a description related to her encounter with Trump from Stormy Daniels.
Bonus addtion:
I just found this on a Facebook post:
Recent:
Now the MAGAts can spend their Twinkie and beer money on Alligator Alcatraz merchandise. Yes, it's a real thing, marketed by the Florida GOPu$$ies.
Hmmm...whether to get that coveted Trump Walking With Jesus tat or grab up the new Alligator Alcatraz banner, bumper sticker, tshirt, and baseball cap before they're all gone. Decisions, decisions It's sooooo stressful loving our orange pig messiah. What's a patriotic MAGAt to DO??