"Make America Great Again" (MAGA, ) is an American

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most recently popularized by

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during his successful presidential campaigns in 2016 and in 2024. "MAGA" is also used to refer to Trump's ideology, political base, or to an individual or group of individuals from within that base. The slogan became a pop culture phenomenon, seeing widespread use and spawning numerous variants in the arts, entertainment and politics, being used by both supporters and opponents of Trump's presidency and as the name of the

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Make America Great Again Inc. Originally used by

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as a campaign slogan in his 1980 presidential campaign (''Let's Make America Great Again''), it has since been described as a loaded phrase. It has been described as a slogan representing

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and promoting an idealistic or romanticized American past that excludes certain groups. Multiple scholars, journalists, and commentators have called the slogan

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, regarding it as

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and coded language.

History

Ronald Reagan

"Let's make America great again" was famously used in

's 1980 presidential campaign. At the time the United States was suffering from a worsening economy at home marked by

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. Using the country's economic distress as a springboard for his campaign, Reagan used the slogan to stir a sense of patriotism among the electorate. During his acceptance speech at the

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, Reagan said, "For those without job opportunities, we'll stimulate new opportunities, particularly in the inner cities where they live. For those who've abandoned hope, we'll restore hope and we'll welcome them into a great national crusade to make America great again."

Bill Clinton

The phrase was also used in speeches by

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during his 1992 presidential campaign. President Clinton also used the phrase in a radio commercial aired for wife

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's 2008 presidential primary campaign. During the 2016 electoral campaign, in which Hillary Clinton opposed Trump, President Clinton suggested that Trump's version, used as a campaign rallying cry, was a message to White Southerners that Trump was promising to "give you an economy you had 50 years ago, and... move you back up on the social totem pole and other people down."

Use by Donald Trump

In December 2011, following speculation that he would challenge sitting president

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in the

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, Trump released a statement in which he said he was unwilling to rule out running as a presidential candidate in the future, explaining "I must leave all of my options open because, above all else, we must make America great again." In December 2011, he also published a book using as a subtitle the similar phrase "Making America #1 Again"which in a 2015 reissue was changed to "Make America Great Again!" On January 1, 2012, a group of Trump supporters filed paperwork with the

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's office to create the "Make America Great Again Party", which would have allowed Trump to be that party's nominee if he had decided to become a third-party candidate in the presidential election. Trump began using the slogan formally on November 7, 2012, the day after Barack Obama won his re-election against

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. Trump used the slogan in an August 2013 interview with

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. By his own account, he first considered "We Will Make America Great", but did not feel like it had the right "ring" to it. "Make America Great" was his next slogan idea, but upon further reflection, he felt that it was a slight to America because it implied that America was never great. He eventually selected the phrase "Make America Great Again", later claiming that he was unaware of Reagan's use in 1980 until 2015, but noted that "he didn't trademark it." On November 12, he signed an application with the

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requesting exclusive rights to use the slogan for political purposes. It was registered as a service mark on July 14, 2015, after Trump formally began his

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and demonstrated that he was using the slogan for the purpose stated on the application. However, Trump did not trademark the phrase in commerce. On August 5, 2015, radio personality

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took note of this and successfully filed a trademark for the phrase's use in commerce. Two days later Bones

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at Trump, offering the use of his slogan back in exchange for a $100,000 donation to the St. Jude Children's Hospital. On October 29, Bones followed up the tweet with an image of a check from

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. The amount on the check was undisclosed and Bones said that Trump could "have isslogan back". Following Trump's first election, the website of his presidential transition was established at greatagain.gov. Trump said in 2017 and 2018 that the slogan of his 2020 reelection campaign would be "Keep America Great" and he sought to trademark it. However, Trump's 2020 campaign continued to use the "Make America Great Again" slogan. Trump's

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, used the phrase "make America great again, again" in his

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speech, garnering ridicule for implying that Trump's first term had failed. In late 2021, this phrase became the name of a pro-Trump

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, which was also mocked. A 2020 executive order, titled "Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture", was nicknamed "Make Federal Buildings Beautiful Again" by proponents and the press. Less than a week after Trump left office, he spoke to advisors about possibly establishing a third party, which he suggested might be named either the "Patriot Party" or "Make America Great Again Party". In his first few days out of office, he also supported Arizona state party chairwoman

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, who likewise called for the creation of a "MAGA Party". In late January 2021, the former president viewed the proposed MAGA Party as leverage to prevent Republican senators from voting to convict him during the Senate impeachment trial, and to field challengers to Republicans who voted for his impeachment in the House. The phrase was used again as the official slogan of Trump's 2024 presidential campaign. On June 3, 2023, Trump called his supporters Magadonians, prompting mockery on social media.

MAGA hat

During the 2016 campaign, Trump often used the slogan, especially by wearing MAGA hats emblazoned with the phrase in white letters, which soon became popular among his supporters. The slogan was so important to the campaign that at one point it spent more on making the hatssold for $25 each on its websitethan on polling, consultants, or television commercials. Millions were sold, and Trump estimated that counterfeit versions outnumbered the real hat ten to one. "...but it was a slogan, and every time somebody buys one, that's an advertisement." Trump described the great American era to refer to 1870 after the Civil War until 1913 before

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as his ideal society; the age represented a "gilded age" which was heavy on tariff imposition. The hat's white-on-red design saw great success as a symbol of unity among Trump supporters. Some critics have compared its use to other politically charged symbols, such as the

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, while supporters view it as an expression of patriotism and political identity.. Due to its association with Trump and his policies, the hat has been a source of controversy. Some individuals view it as a divisive or provocative symbol, while others see it as an exercise of their political beliefs. In January 2019, it gained media attention during a highly-publicized standoff between a group of high schoolers wearing the hat and

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leader Nathan Phillips. The incident was initially perceived by some as racially charged; however, subsequent video footage led to a reassessment of the situation by multiple media outlets. On December 29, 2022, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Vancouver, Washington, ruled that wearing a MAGA hat is considered protected speech under the

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. A former teacher had worn a MAGA hat to class to school and described facing verbal harassment and

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from school employees. The MAGA hat has at times been

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by non-supporters. At a

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memorial event in September 2024, President

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momentarily wore the hat to underline the theme of unity on that day.

Use on social media sites

Donald Trump took the campaign slogan to social media (primarily to

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), using the

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s #makeamericagreatagain and its acronym #maga. In response to criticism regarding his frequent and untraditional usage of social media, Trump defended himself by tweeting "My use of social media is not Presidentialit's MODERN DAY PRESIDENTIAL. Make America Great Again!" on July 1, 2017. In the first half of 2017, Trump posted his slogan on Twitter 33 times. In an article for ''

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'', Mark Whitehouse noted: "A regression analysis suggests the phrase adds (very roughly) 51,000 to a post's retweet-and-favorite count, which is important given that the average Trump tweet attracts a total of 107,000." Trump attributed his victory (in part) to social media when he said, "I won the 2016 election with interviews, speeches, and social media." According to RiteTag, the estimated hourly statistics for #maga on Twitter alone include: 1,304 unique tweets, 5,820,000 hashtag exposure, and 3,424 retweets with 14% of #maga tweets including images, 55% including links, and 51% including mentions.

Accusations of racism

Regarding its use since 2015, the phrase "Make America Great Again" is considered a loaded phrase and "

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". Marissa Melton, a

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journalist, among others, explained how it is a loaded phrase because it "doesn't just appeal to people who hear it as

coded language, but also to those who have felt a loss of status as other groups have become more empowered." As

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explains, the slogan now resonates as America First did in the early 1940s, with the idea "that the true version of America is the America that looks like me, the American fantasy I imagine existed before it was diluted with other races and other people." Writing opinion for the ''

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'', Robin Abcarian wrote that " aring a 'Make America Great Again' hat is not necessarily an overt expression of racism. But if you wear one, it's a pretty good indication that you share, admire or appreciate President Trump's racist views about Mexicans, Muslims and border walls." The ''

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'' and the ''Los Angeles Times'' reported how several of their readers rejected this characterization and did not believe the slogan or MAGA hats are evidence of racism, seeing them more in patriotic or

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terms. ''Los Angeles Times'' columnist Nicholas Goldberg described MAGA as both one of the worst campaign slogans ever and "a fabulous campaign slogan", writing: "It was vague enough to appeal to optimists generally, while leaving plenty of room for bitter and resentful voters to conclude that we were finally going back to the days when they ran the world." Actor

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said of the slogan: "So just ask yourself from, from an African American experience, when was it ever great in America for the African American? When was it great? If you’re making it great again, it’s not including them." A 2018 study that used

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and

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text and

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networks found that the "#MakeAmericaGreatAgain" and "#MAGA" hashtags were commonly used by

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and

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users, and had been used as "an organizing discursive space" for

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globally.

Derivative slogans

"Make America Great Again" has been the subject of many parodies, jokes, instances of praise, references, and criticisms which base themselves on the four-word slogan.

Derivatives used by Trump

"Keep America Great" has been the most popular derivative of "Make America Great Again", with Trump's 2020 presidential campaign adopting it as the official slogan, though often used alongside "Make America Great Again". Upon Trump announcing his candidacy for president in the 2024 election, commentators described his use of the tagline "Make America Great and Glorious Again" ("MAGAGA"). The term has come to be a humorous descriptor for Trump's re-election bid, and many outlets have commented on the humor that "MAGAGA" provides, usually on the word "gag" being part of the acronym. At the

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, some people wore clothing with the slogan "Make American Great Again Again". In October 2024, Trump promised former third-party candidate

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control of public health using the phrase "

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". In November 2024, after Governor

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pledged to convene California lawmakers to secure California's progressive policies against the incoming

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, Trump made "Make California Great Again" go viral on social media.

Anti-Trump derivatives, parodies, and other derivatives

The phrase has been parodied in political statements, such as "Make America Mexico Again", a critique of Trump's immigration policies regarding the US–Mexico border and a reference to Mexico's loss of 55% of its territory to the US with the

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. The derivative "MAGAt" ("MAGAts"), is a derogatory term used for operatives for and supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump, named for his borrowed use of the slogan "Make America Great Again" (MAGA); also appearing without the caps as "magat", "magats"; the term is a homophone of "

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". Although maggot is not a term used in

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, in many non-technical texts, the term is used for insect

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in general, and specifically refers to fly larva that develop in and consume cadavers and garbage, and that may spread microbial infections. Adult film star

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, who allegedly had an affair with President Trump, took part in a "Make America Horny Again" strip club tour. The tour followed Trump's initial 2016 campaign trail and part of the revenue was donated to

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spoofed the slogan on his show ''

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'' in a segment dedicated to Trump, urging viewers to "Make Donald Drumpf Again", in reference to the original ancestral name of the

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. The segment broke

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viewership records, garnering 85 million views. In 2017, after the certification of the election of Trump by Congress, then-Vice-president Joe Biden was heard saying "

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", leading to

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claiming it would get "Make America

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Again". Later in the year, comedian

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repeated the phrase to suggest limiting presidential power. A 2018 essay about the

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conspiracy in the ''

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'' by two professors at

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was titled "Make America Hate Again: Donald Trump and the Birther Conspiracy". The phrase has been adopted by some

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. In June 2017,

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rebuked Trump over withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. The last sentence of the speech he delivered was "make our planet great again." Members of the Fridays for Future Movement have also frequently used slogans like "Make Earth Greta Again", referring to environmental activist

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. In 2019, Grant Armour and Milene Larsson co-directed a documentary film named '' Make the World Greta Again''. In late 2022, the political slogan "

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" trended on

after being

out by former

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city council candidate Jackson Hinkle. MAGA Communism adherents call on those who support the American

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to ally with members of the MAGA movement. During the presidential campaign of

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in Argentina in 2023, the slogan MAGA was adapted as "Make Argentina Great Again". Milei, a personal friend and admirer of Trump, later won the election in November 2023, with Trump sending a congratulatory message with the slogan "Make Argentina Great Again". The term "

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" is used to criticize a cult-like dedication to

as a person, the Democratic Party's use of conspiracy theories to explain opposition to Biden's 2024 presidential candidacy, and dismissals of information or polling that does not reflect well on Biden; the term seeks to suggest an equivalence between some supporters of Biden and Trump.

Use of the slogan by Trump's political rivals

After Donald Trump popularized the use of the phrase, the phrase and modifications of it were widely used in reference both to his election campaign and to his politics. Trump's primary opponents,

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and Scott Walker, began using "Make America Great Again" in speeches, inciting Trump to send

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s to them. Cruz later sold hats featuring "Make Trump Debate Again" in response to Trump's boycotting the Iowa January 28, 2016, debate.

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said America "was never that great" during a September 2018 bill signing. Former

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questioned the slogan in a March 2019 interview on

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, asking: "Exactly when did you think America was great?" During

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's memorial service on September 1, 2018, his daughter Meghan stated: "The America of John McCain has no need to be made great again because America was always great." Trump subsequently tweeted "MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!" later that day. During remarks at the White House on May 4, 2022, President

referred to former president Trump's "Make America Great Again" movement, saying, "This MAGA crowd is really the most extreme political organization that's existed in American history, in recent American history." On September 1, 2022, he dedicated remarks at the White House "on the continued battle for the soul of the nation" to attacks on "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans", saying that "Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic," and that "MAGA Republicans have made their choice. They embrace anger. They thrive on chaos. They live not in the light of truth but in the shadow of lies." After Florida governor

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announced his run for the

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, several new outlets said he promised to "Make America Florida". One of the most widespread anti-Trump derivatives of "Make America Great Again" during the Trump presidency and the 2020 election was "Make America Think Again", often combined with 2020 Democratic primary candidate

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's preferred version of "Make America Think Harder" ("MATH"). The slogan has been spotted at numerous anti-Trump events from Democratic political rallies to marches to social media, with

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noting "Think Again" as one of its top hashtags for 2017.

"Make America White Again"

Since 2016, the phrase "Make America

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Again" was used by

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and politicians who align themselves with Trump. Australian political commentator and former

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leader

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also used the slogan in reference to his belief that recent global movements against traditional politics and politicians are based on racism and prejudice. He comments: "There should be little doubt about US President

's views on race, despite his occasional 'denials', assertions of 'fake news', and/or his semantic distinctions. His election campaign theme was effectively a promise to 'Make America Great Again; America First and Only' and— nod, nod, wink, wink—to Make America White Again." Neo-Nazi

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expressed that the election of Trump gave him hope, commenting that "in order to Make America Great Again, you have to make it white again".

In popular culture

"Make America Great Again" has frequently been parodied in advertising, the media, and other outlets of popular culture, with varying levels of comparison to Trump from none at all to a rebuke of the former president and his ideology.

In advertising

The slogan was parodied by

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as "Make America Dunk Again" and the film '' Sharknado 5: Global Swarmings tagline of "Make America Bait Again."

In artwork

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'' was a

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by artist Mindaugas Bonanu in

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, Lithuania. Inspired by the graffiti painting ''

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'', it depicts

giving a fraternal kiss to the Russian president

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In fashion

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used the "Make America Great Again" official presidential campaign flag to design a MAGA gown for celebrities in Hollywood to wear on red carpet, such as at the

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In films and web series

The tagline for the film '' The Purge: Election Year'' (2016) is "Keep America Great" (a phrase Trump would later use as his 2020 campaign slogan); one of the TV spots for the film featured Americans who explain why they support the Purge, with one stating he does so "to keep my country mericagreat". The next film in the franchise, ''

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'', was subsequently advertised with a poster featuring its title stylized on a MAGA hat. In '' The Boys''

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, the political slogan ''"Make America Super Again"'' serves as the main rallying cry for

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, the primary antagonist, as he successfully executes his own version of January 6 coup in the universe of the ''The Boys'' franchise.

In literature

Author

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used "Make America Great Again" as the presidential campaign slogan for the dictator Andrew Steele Jarret in her 1998 dystopian novel ''

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''. In 2011, Republican former

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candidate

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published a book about her campaign in the 2010 Delaware special election titled ''Troublemaker: Let's Do What It Takes to Make America Great Again''. Political advisor

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's second book is called ''Un-Trumping America: A Plan to Make America a

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Again''. Political commentator and author

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published a 2006 book titled ''The Good Fight: Why Liberalsand Only LiberalsCan Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again'' drawing on the philosophy of theologian

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after the 2003 invasion of Iraq and during the early years of the War on Terror.

In music

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's second EP is called '' Make America Crip Again'' with the second single titled "M.A.C.A." Dogg was quoted in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine as saying that 'Make America Great Again' refers to a time in the past that "always takes me back to separation and

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so I'd rather Make America Crip Again" and referred to a time "when young black men in impoverished areas organized to help their communities and to take care of their own because society basically left them for dead." Singer

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produced a single "Make America Great Again" a few months after appearing at the 2017 Grammy Awards in a 'MAGA' dress. Australian heavy metal band

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recorded a song called "Make America Hate Again" on their album ''Human Target''.

On television

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vowing in one scene to "Make the Empire glorious again." In the ''

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'' episode "

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" (2015), supporters of Mr. Garrison, who runs a campaign that is a parody of Trump's, are seen holding signs bearing the slogan.

In video games

Senator Armstrong, the antagonist of the 2013 video game '' Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance'' uses the phrase "make America great again". '' Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus'', a first-person shooter video game with

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as the enemy, was given the advertising

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"Make America Nazi-Free Again", which some people objected to as anti-Trump, though a company executive said the game was not a "social critique on 2017 America." Peters Hines, the studio's vice president of marketing and public relations, was quoted on

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as saying, "

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has been a decidedly anti-Nazi series since the first release more than 20 years ago. We aren't going to shy away from what the game is about. We don't feel it's a reach for us to say Nazis are bad and un-American, and we're not worried about being on the right side of history here."

Similar slogans used outside the United States

During his campaign for the

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in October 2018, former opposition leader

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used the phrase "make Indonesia great again", though he denied having copied Trump. During the Swedish European Parliament election in May 2019, the Swedish Christian Democratic Party used the slogan "Make EU

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Again". The Spanish far-right party VOX used as slogan ''"Hacer a España grande otra vez"'', or "Make Spain Great Again". During the

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campaign, the

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, who has been accused as attempting to be a "wannabe Trinidad and Tobago Trump," used the phrase "Make T&T (Trinidad and Tobago) great again!" Following Donald Trump's victory in the

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, she described his win as an effort to "restore conservative American values and ideals, which have been under attack by promoters of extreme far-left ideology." In

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, the slogan "Make

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Great Again" was used by content creators as a running joke where the town itself has a stereotype for being dangerous. There were hats sold with the phrase. Similarly, People's Power Party, a political party in Singapore, used a variant of the slogan, "Make Singapore Home Again" for their party's manifesto and campaign during the

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. The right-wing populist

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used the slogans "Make Australia Great" and "Make Australia Great Again" during the

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and

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s. In Israel, the

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has used the similar expression "Make Israel Great Again" along with the acronym MIGA. In Mongolia,

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used as his 2017 election campaign slogan "Монгол Ялна" (Mongol Yalna, "Mongolia Will Win"), with it abbreviation "Мояа" (Moya) being a derivative term. The

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used the motto "Make Europe Great Again." In the

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used the slogan "Make Manila Great Again" for his mayoral campaign during the

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. In January 2025, during a campaign rally of

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for the

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spoke at the event through a video call, reiterating his previous endorsement of the party. Following his short speech,

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, the leading candidate of the party for the upcoming elections, thanked Musk and used the derived expression "Make Germany great again". In February 2025,

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n Prime Minister

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became the fourth world leader to visit Donald Trump at the White House. During the meeting, Modi praised the

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movement and said that "Borrowing an expression from the US, our vision for a developed India is to 'Make India Great Again', or MIGA. When America and India work together, when it's MAGA plus MIGA, it becomes mega – a mega partnership for prosperity." In April 2025, the cover story of ''

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'' is titled with ""''How America could end up making China great again''"", which introduced the impact of the second Trump administration tariffs in China.

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