President Donald Trump explains the that means of a pin given to him that stresses he’s by no means glad and stays centered on making America nice.
President Donald Trump is not any stranger to creating a press release and catches the media’s consideration in doing so — this time, with new lapel pins.
Trump has worn varied kinds over time, some garnering extra response than others.
Most just lately, he wore a brand new pin he referred to as the “Glad Trump” pin, gaining vital consideration from the media and public.
Trump wore the accent throughout a gathering with varied high-profile oil and gasoline executives Jan. 9 alongside his customary American flag pin. The pin seems to be a cartoon-style depiction of Trump carrying his trademark blue go well with and purple tie along with his mouth agape and eyebrows ruffled.
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Fox Information senior White Home correspondent Peter Doocy observed the pin and inquired in the course of the assembly.
The president defined it was a present.
President Donald Trump shows pins on his lapel throughout a gathering with oil and gasoline executives on the White Home on Jan. 9. (Alex Wong / Getty Pictures)
“You understand what that is? That is referred to as a ‘Glad Trump,’” Trump quipped whereas exhibiting off the accent to the press.
“And contemplate the truth that I am by no means glad. I am by no means glad. I’ll by no means be glad till we make America nice once more. However we’re getting fairly shut.”
The president appeared to have worn the identical pin no less than as soon as earlier than in 2025, whereas swearing in Tulsi Gabbard because the director of nationwide intelligence, in keeping with studies.
Trump has worn different notable lapel pins, corresponding to a golden pin that resembled a fighter jet, in 2025.
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Trump wore the gold-adorned pin, which seemed to be an F-22 Raptor fighter jet, throughout a gathering with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Sept. 25, in keeping with studies.
Throughout the assembly, the 2 leaders reportedly mentioned the F-35 stealth fighter. Turkey has lengthy sought reentry into the American fighter jet program. Trump reportedly informed reporters the 2 would focus on the F-35.
Others near the president, together with FCC Chair Brendan Carr, have beforehand caught the general public’s consideration with lapel pins. In April, Carr wore what seemed to be a gold lapel pin formed like Trump’s aspect profile.
The accent was observed by right-wing YouTuber and commentator Benny Johnson, who posted images of Carr on his X account.
President Donald Trump wears a fighter jet lapel pin throughout a gathering with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan within the Oval Workplace on the White Home Sept. 25. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Pictures)
“Do you even perceive the extent of match that [Carr] has?” wrote Johnson within the publish.
Trump usually wears an American flag lapel pin, popularized within the late Nineteen Sixties and early ’70s by former President Richard Nixon.
In line with studies, Nixon’s chief of workers, H.R. Haldeman, was supposedly impressed by actor Robert Redford’s character in the movie “The Candidate.”
Over time, the American flag lapel pin gained recognition.
After 9/11, the Bush administration adopted go well with, and former President George W. Bush and his aides donned the American flag lapel pin.
Whereas the precise origin of the “Glad Trump” pin stays unclear — aside from the president saying it was a present — there’s a large market of collector’s gadgets shoppers can buy at Amazon, Etsy, Ebay, the official White Home Present Store and different high-end jewelers.
Ann Hand, a outstanding jewellery enterprise identified for the signature “Liberty Eagle” and “One Nation One Future” pins, created a customized 2025 Inaugural pin.
The pin, “designed to honor President Trump,” incorporates a mother-of-pearl, surrounded by gems.
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President Donald Trump wears a “Glad Trump” lapel pin throughout a gathering on the White Home on Jan. 9. (Alex Wong/Getty Pictures)
The pin is bought for $250 and is non-refundable, in keeping with their web site.
FOX Enterprise spoke with the proprietor, Ann Hand, who mentioned her designs try to inform the “story of America.”
“We have carried out fairly just a few pins for Republicans and Democrats as a result of we’re completely non-partisan,” mentioned Hand. “We simply attempt to inform America’s story.”
FOX Enterprise has discovered lapel pins designed within the form of a flag with the numbers 45 and 47 separated by a star, Trump and Vance campaign-style pins and even a design that includes the well-known photograph of Trump pumping his fist on the crowd after an assassination try in Butler, Pennsylvania.
FOX Enterprise discovered a pin just like the newest “Glad Trump” pin obtainable for buy on Amazon for $9.99. In line with the product web page, the pin was first made obtainable Oct. 28, 2020.
On the time of publication, the pin is “presently unavailable” in keeping with the product web page.
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Within the hours that adopted the assembly, varied “Glad Trump” pins seemed to be obtainable on the market on different platforms corresponding to eBay.
What seems to be the identical pin the president was carrying is on the market on eBay for $26.99, and from one other vendor at $30.
Since then, others have adopted go well with and varied iterations of the pin seem like obtainable on the market on the platform.
The “Glad Trump” pin design additionally seemed to be obtainable for buy within the type of a water bottle sticker on platforms corresponding to Etsy.
EBay additionally provides pins within the form of the presidential seal; one is inscribed with “Donald Trump forty fifth President” and one other supposed “gold-plated” lapel pin is of Trump’s profile, showing to be just like the one Carr wore beforehand.
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The White Home Present Store additionally provides lapel pins of its personal.
They embody a Presidential Nice Eagle Lapel Pin, a “Brooch Model” USA flag pin “as worn by President Obama” and the Nice Seal of the USA.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to FOX Enterprise’ request for remark.
