Trump debuts new “America Is Back!” red hat at White House bill signing as Speaker Johnson, R-La., calls slogan “appropriate” for reopening government ceremony.
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AnewsloganandaccompanyingredhatmadeitsdebutattheWhiteHouseonTuesdayasPresidentDonaldTrumpsignedtheConsolidatedAppropriationsAct,reopeningthefederalgovernmentwitharoomfullofRepublicanlawmakersinattendance.
Thehat,bearingthephrase“AmericaIsBack!”satontheResoluteDeskintheOvalOfficeduringthebill-signingceremony,asHouseSpeakerMikeJohnsonpraisedthemessagewhilestandingalongsidethepresident.
“Thisisgoodforthecountry,andAmericaisback,”saidJohnson,whoaddedthatthehatwas“appropriate”and“therightslogan.”
Trumpconfirmedtheitem’snoveltyduringthesigningevent,lookingtowardthehatheldinJohnson’shands.
“It’sanewhat,”Trumpsaid.“[It]justcameout.Americaisback.”
TrumpnoticedCNN’sKaitlanCollinsinthepresspoolandquipped,“Look,CNNisthrilled[aboutthehat].
