The Ultimate Twist: Biden Wears MAGA Hat

Biden Spotted in Surprise MAGA Hat

“I don't remember my name, I'm slow..” 

President Biden makes a surprise gesture, donning a Trump supporter's MAGA cap during a 9/11 anniversary event, sparking a mix of reactions and interpretations.

President Joe Biden made a surprise fashion statement during a 9/11 anniversary ceremony, donning a red "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) cap, a signature symbol of his predecessor, Donald Trump.

The MAGA slogan, originally coined by Ronald Reagan in 1980 amidst a severe economic crisis, has since become closely associated with Trump's presidency. On Wednesday, September 11, Biden visited firefighters in Pennsylvania, near the site of one of the hijacked planes' crash sites.

During the visit, Biden was seen engaging in a lighthearted conversation with a Trump supporter, culminating in a moment of mutual respect as they exchanged hats, with Biden briefly wearing the iconic red MAGA cap.

In the video, President Biden is seen exchanging hats with a Trump supporter, offering to sign a hat bearing the presidential seal as a replacement for the supporter's Trump campaign cap.

The Trump supporter asks Biden to autograph the hat, prompting the President to jokingly reference concerns about his mental sharpness, saying, “I don't remember my name, I'm slow,” in a lighthearted nod to his debate performance against Trump.

After a brief exchange about their ages, Biden signs the hat and proposes a trade: the autographed hat for the Trump supporter's MAGA cap. Biden then puts on the Trump hat, eliciting cheers from the crowd.

The moment quickly went viral on social media, with Trump's campaign team seizing the opportunity to express gratitude for Biden's “endorsement” - a tongue-in-cheek reference to the brief hat swap.

The White House later clarified that President Biden's hat swap was a symbolic gesture of unity, aimed at transcending political divisions on a day marked by remembrance and reflection, the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.

Andrew Bates, deputy press secretary, stated that, ”as a gesture, he gave a hat to a Trump supporter who then said that in the same spirit, POTUS should put on his Trump cap.”

The hat swap came on the heels of a debate joke by Trump, who quipped about sending a MAGA cap to Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, in a lighthearted jab.