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NOT THE ONION: Trump Is Now Mandating His Cabinet/Loyalist Wear "Trump Golden Bust" Pins (Original Post) Chasstev365 Apr 10 OP
Trump Is Now Mandating His Cabinet/Loyalist Wear "Trump Golden Bust" Pins LetMyPeopleVote Apr 10 #1
An indicator WmChris Apr 10 #2
I took these pins as showing that they are all members of a sick cult LetMyPeopleVote Apr 10 #7
Did he tell 'em 'wear the pin, or I heat up the branding iron'? Attilatheblond Apr 10 #14
Do these pins have cameras LetMyPeopleVote Apr 11 #21
Looks like a severed pig's head. LastDemocratInSC Apr 12 #31
This is so GD Gross. MuseRider Apr 10 #3
Super useful Red Mountain Apr 10 #4
Where is the American flag pin the MAGAs used to whine about if someone was not wearing one? Norrrm Apr 10 #5
Why not a tattoo across the forehead? That pin is too small for such an important cult leader Deuxcents Apr 10 #6
Give him time WmChris Apr 10 #13
Like this guy? Dave Bowman Apr 12 #28
When will Satan crud Apr 10 #8
The only satans are walking the earth. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 10 #19
If you were Satan, would you want him back? Angleae Apr 11 #20
I bet he ordered a boatload of the pins from China before the tariffs went into effect. jls4561 Apr 10 #9
It looks to me to be an idolatry-level graven image, not that the Ten-Commandments-Hangers will care. John1956PA Apr 10 #10
Reminds me of Kathy Griffith and the head. Onthefly Apr 10 #11
Djt should have a tattoo made in the likness ofcthe gold pin. magicarpet Apr 10 #12
Are '666' markings on the forehead next? Xavier Breath Apr 10 #15
How insecure would a fool need to be to require such a childish tribal lindysalsagal Apr 10 #16
Profoundly insecure. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 10 #18
Cons put Hair Fuehrer over country. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 10 #17
One unsubstantiated viral post makes this claim. Ms. Toad Apr 11 #22
Post removed Post removed Apr 11 #23
We look foolish spreading this without a reputable source LearnedHand Apr 12 #26
That's where I'm at. Ms. Toad Apr 12 #27
$6.99 on Amazon! Liberal In Texas Apr 11 #24
trump and Hitler each had/have label pins for their loyal followers LetMyPeopleVote Apr 12 #25
A gold-plated turd is still a turd. Dave Bowman Apr 12 #29
Damn, I lost a bet. I was betting on armbands with an "X" on it. Midnight Writer Apr 12 #30

LetMyPeopleVote

(161,794 posts)
1. Trump Is Now Mandating His Cabinet/Loyalist Wear "Trump Golden Bust" Pins
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 08:11 PM
Apr 10

Do they also need to get trump tattoos or sign some document in their blood to show loyalty to trump?
https://bsky.app/profile/carfreitag.bsky.social/post/3lmguz7k5ss2u




That pin looks like trump and so it is very ugly

LetMyPeopleVote

(161,794 posts)
7. I took these pins as showing that they are all members of a sick cult
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 08:40 PM
Apr 10

That is NOT too far different from trump having ownership over these people

Attilatheblond

(5,662 posts)
14. Did he tell 'em 'wear the pin, or I heat up the branding iron'?
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 09:10 PM
Apr 10

Wondering, pins made in China, or the US? If the latter, made from some gold he & Elon liberated from Ft Knox?

MuseRider

(34,584 posts)
3. This is so GD Gross.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 08:23 PM
Apr 10

Most of us are what we might say average looking when we get up into our 60's and 70's and beyond. I have never in my life seen anyone of that age think we all need to have them in our brains all the time and have to look at them all the time. Does he think we are going to start our day with a prayer for him and a kiss before we put it on? We all know this but I have to say it again. This man is bordering or possibly all the way into insane.

Norrrm

(1,246 posts)
5. Where is the American flag pin the MAGAs used to whine about if someone was not wearing one?
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 08:35 PM
Apr 10

Where is the American flag pin the MAGAs used to whine about if someone was not wearing one?

Oath of Allegiance - Pre and post 1934
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-fuehrer-oath

(before August 2, 1934)
"I swear by almighty God this sacred oath:
I will at all times loyally and honestly
serve my people and country
and, as a brave soldier,
I will be ready at any time
to stake my life for this oath."

The Fuehrer Oath
(effective August 2, 1934)
"I swear by almighty God this sacred oath:
I will render unconditional obedience
to the Fuehrer of the German Reich and people, Adolf Hitler,
Supreme Commander of the Wehrmacht,
and, as a brave soldier,
I will be ready at any time
to stake my life for this oath."

John1956PA

(3,945 posts)
10. It looks to me to be an idolatry-level graven image, not that the Ten-Commandments-Hangers will care.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 08:49 PM
Apr 10

Even if KrassEnuff does not officially mandate (via Executive Order of otherwise) wearing of the pin by his cabinet members and other subordinates, there exists a tacit command that they do so.

magicarpet

(18,047 posts)
12. Djt should have a tattoo made in the likness ofcthe gold pin.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 08:56 PM
Apr 10

Then have his loyalists have the djt tattoo on their foreheads and between their eyebrows, just above their nose.

Then when they have cabinet meetings they can all remind each other who really owns them hook, line , and sinker.

Maybe Kim of North Korea and Putie of Russia could do the same thing with their loyal sychophants.

Ms. Toad

(36,684 posts)
22. One unsubstantiated viral post makes this claim.
Fri Apr 11, 2025, 08:23 AM
Apr 11

Everything else refers back to that post.

Might as well be from the onion.

Response to Ms. Toad (Reply #22)

LearnedHand

(4,610 posts)
26. We look foolish spreading this without a reputable source
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 03:12 PM
Apr 12

While I wouldn't put it past them to do this THERE IS NO PROOF. For all we know it's botshit. We shouldn't do their work for them.

Ms. Toad

(36,684 posts)
27. That's where I'm at.
Sat Apr 12, 2025, 03:15 PM
Apr 12

Snopes has now weighed in.

They haven't rated it's reliability, but the text indicates they are suspicious.

Carr appeared to wear the Trump pin in a video posted (archived) on his X profile on April 4, 2025. However, on April 10, he instead donned a U.S. flag pin for meetings, seen in posts on his X profile. Had Trump or other officials ordered the wearing of the pin, Carr would have likely worn it consistently, or in addition to the U.S. flag pin.

Additionally, it did not seem that Trump's alleged order for officials to wear the pins had reached the president's closest advisers. Photos from Getty, a reputable picture agency, show high-ranking Trump administration officials, including RFK Jr., Doug Burgum, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth and Howard Lutnick wearing either different pins or no pins at all during a cabinet meeting with the president on April 10, 2025. An official order to wear the golden Trump lapel pins would likely have included these individuals.
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