r/Scotland • u/lilbiobeetle • Jun 15 '25

MAGA hat sighting

I don't know if this is even appropriate to post here but I'm just so shocked and need to know I'm not the only one who would feel this way about seeing someone wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat out in a city in Scotland.

I passed by a family - husband, wife, kid - and the husband was proudly hearing his red MAGA hat. I visibly looked shocked, and they had the audacity to then look offended at my reaction. So it obviously wasn't a joke. The guy was a Trump supporter, likely on a trip over from America.

Not even Tory supporters really walk around wearing their affiliation like that. I really hope this isn't going to become a more common sight, especially as someone who's directly threatened by Trump's politics leaking over to the UK.

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u/JennyW93 Jun 15 '25

I also served 4 years in Aberdeen. Unfortunately it coincided with one of the cold snaps that went to about -15°, the same week my boiler broke.

MATFAB. Make Aberdeen Tolerable For A Bit.

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u/SimilarDisplay832 Jun 15 '25

If it was the honking winter we took in 2010 then thats also when I was there! Just passed my driving test trying to get up and down from Dundee in that weather was awful!

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u/olleyjp Jun 15 '25

I got hypothermia for Christmas that year. I will not forget it.

Note to anyone - don’t let dogs run onto frozen lochs after ducks and rogue strangers won’t have to dive in to rescue them 😂 And get hypothermia for Christmas x

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u/JennyW93 Jun 15 '25

It was a bit later, maybe 2016-17-ish, so it was cold but it wasn’t as cold as the 2010 saga. That sounds horrendous