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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat is that pin that draftdodger-in-chief was wearing next to his flag pin
on his lapel? I could not make it out.
CoopersDad
(3,369 posts)It's kookie!
Totally Tunsie
(12,013 posts)AI Overview
On September 30, 2025, Donald Trump was seen wearing a golden fighter jet pin next to his flag pin while giving an address at Marine Corps Base Quantico. The miniature jet was identified as an F-22 Raptor.
This is not the first time Trump has worn the F-22 pin, having also worn it a few days earlier during meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistani leaders. This diplomatic context, particularly regarding Turkey's interest in the F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, sparked speculation about the pin's symbolic meaning.
Sneederbunk
(17,640 posts)Ping Tung
(4,370 posts)sop
(19,311 posts)(NPR) "President Trump has announced that Boeing will build the U.S. Air Force's next generation of fighter jets."
" 'They will have unprecedented power,' Trump said on Friday, adding that 'America's enemies will never see [them] coming.' "
"Trump is the 47th U.S. president and the jet is being called the F-47."
" 'The generals picked a title, and it's a beautiful number,' Trump told reporters from the Oval Office. 'Nothing in the world comes even close to it.' "
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5337416/trump-f47-fighter-jet-boeing
Midnight Writer
(25,746 posts)What better event to show off the Service Medal he never earned because he never served.
Eliot Rosewater
(34,296 posts)EYESORE 9001
(29,885 posts)Whee! Looks like the Lolita Express.
Champp
(2,409 posts)Totally Tunsie
(12,013 posts)niyad
(134,035 posts)Goonch
(5,586 posts)
surfered
(14,287 posts)surfered
(14,287 posts)
Only two pins: our flag and a jet plane. I dont know what it represents.
niyad
(134,035 posts)I didn't really need lunch anyway!
surfered
(14,287 posts)niyad
(134,035 posts)malaise
(297,953 posts)And market it 😀
a kennedy
(36,348 posts)Id buy one.
LetMyPeopleVote
(182,047 posts)
niyad
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