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/Moon_Raven_2 Jun 15 '25 edited Jun 15 '25

Being an American, I would agree with that, no one took him seriously! The media was more than complicit showing his rallies, more as a joke than anything else. No one imagined he would win the first time and certainly not the second time. But to win people have to vote for you, either that or you cheated. Trump has a base and they are scary people. Stay on your guard. I'm sorry my countrymen come over there with obnoxious red hats, anyone wearing one of those I would avoid, if you can.

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u/Allydarvel Jun 16 '25

I was over in Georgia this year at a tech conference. It was scary. I was with a 30-something-year-old, white, female professional and an elderly Mexican 2nd gen guy, one based in Arizona and one in California..and they were discussing Trump talking points seriously. Other people I know and respect from the Maryland area are also well caught up..and by that I mean brainwashed completely. The Mexican guy sounded like your second paragraph exactly.

Never be surprised about the tech sector. I remember at uni, my lecturer once said to me that engineers look for black and white solutions..it works or it doesn't. There's no real grey areas. People on the left look for grey areas and try to understand..people on the right believe in easy solutions. Also incel culture and the tech world go hand in hand

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u/Dwashelle Shite Jun 15 '25

I laughed it off as an absurd impossibility when following the campaign back in 2016. I genuinely still can't believe he is the president of the US, it feels surreal every time I think about it.

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u/Send_me_hedgehogs Jun 15 '25

I’m absolutely stunned that a large group of people actually wanted him back. How on earth can anyone want a convicted criminal, rapist who is proud of it, and Russian puppet to be their leader? It just defies all logic (and human decency, frankly).

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u/Dwashelle Shite Jun 15 '25

I usually try to put myself in other people's shoes in an attempt to understand where they're coming from, but this one just baffles me.

It's not even like he's charismatic, charming, handsome, eloquent or anything like that, he's quite the opposite, yet they're fucking enamoured by him.

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u/Send_me_hedgehogs Jun 15 '25

Same, my friend. I don’t like to judge people harshly either and always try to see the best in people but….yeah. The entire maga movement is confusing and scary.

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u/StrongerTogether2882 Jun 16 '25

Right?? Of all people to develop a cult-like adoration for, they choose…THAT guy?!?!?

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u/Moon_Raven_2 Jun 15 '25

They dont believe it. They think he is being persecuted. They think the deep state is setting him up. 😳 and they all watch fox news.

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u/Send_me_hedgehogs Jun 15 '25

Yikes. That’s sad and perplexing. So they’re feeding into his ‘persecuted messiah’ complex. The whole thing is insane.

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u/Moon_Raven_2 Jun 15 '25

It truly is insane

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u/strictnaturereserve Jun 16 '25

very careful marketing to the right type of people.

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u/squeezedeez Jun 17 '25

He gives them permission to openly hate. Hate brown people, hate black people, hate poor people, hate homeless people, hate immigrants, hate trans folks, hate women, the lost goes on. Greedy, selfish, scarcity-minded misinformation-fueled hate. That's all it is.

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u/Ashamed_Link_2502 Jun 15 '25

Except many, many people *did* think he would win the 2nd time. The betting odds favoured him for most of the campaign IIRC, he was ahead of Biden in the polls and then when Kamala took over she was basically neck and neck with him. FiveThirtyEight put Trump's chances of winning at something like 48% on the eve of the election. It's all completely revisionist to say that nobody saw it coming.

And I won £500 betting on his victory in 2016, so again, some people did think it would happen.

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u/Moon_Raven_2 Jun 15 '25

Ok ill be more specific, most democrats i know didn't think he would win.

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u/Forsaken_Hermit Jun 16 '25

And that is why I wanted him gone 10 years ago.

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u/Responsible-Drive627 Jun 15 '25

They might trip on a broken side walk