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What is that pin that draftdodger-in-chief was wearing next to his flag pin (Original Post) niyad Sep 2025 OP
I could not tell, but the first speaker was sure bedazzled! CoopersDad Sep 2025 #1
Per Google: Totally Tunsie Sep 2025 #2
Are felons allowed to wear these? Sneederbunk Sep 2025 #5
Is he auditioning to play somebody named Flash or Zoom in the next Top Gun flick? Ping Tung Sep 2025 #7
Maybe it's his F-47 pin? sop Sep 2025 #8
Was it "his" Purple Heart? I believe a MAGA gave him one at a rally a while back. Midnight Writer Sep 2025 #3
Stolen valor for sure. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2025 #4
It looks like an aerio-plane EYESORE 9001 Sep 2025 #6
How cute of the top Pedo Protecing republican Champp Sep 2025 #9
I FOUND IT!! Totally Tunsie Sep 2025 #10
Snicker! niyad Sep 2025 #16
;-{) .............. Goonch Sep 2025 #11
That's one conceited, narcissistic sociopath . surfered Sep 2025 #12
Here's a press photo of the event surfered Sep 2025 #13
I only referenced two pins. Thank you for that image of two fucking scum. niyad Sep 2025 #15
My reply was meant for Goonch who posted a photo of 3 pins, one being Trump's likeness surfered Sep 2025 #17
I figured as much. niyad Sep 2025 #18
🙏 surfered Sep 2025 #20
DUers need to design a bone spur pin malaise Sep 2025 #14
Yes!!!! a kennedy Sep 2025 #19
This medal made me smile LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2025 #21
Yes!!! niyad Oct 2025 #22

Totally Tunsie

(12,013 posts)
2. Per Google:
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:43 PM
Sep 2025

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.

sop

(19,311 posts)
8. Maybe it's his F-47 pin?
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:50 PM
Sep 2025

(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)
3. Was it "his" Purple Heart? I believe a MAGA gave him one at a rally a while back.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 12:44 PM
Sep 2025

What better event to show off the Service Medal he never earned because he never served.

surfered

(14,287 posts)
13. Here's a press photo of the event
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:32 PM
Sep 2025


Only two pins: our flag and a jet plane. I don’t know what it represents.

niyad

(134,035 posts)
15. I only referenced two pins. Thank you for that image of two fucking scum.
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 03:43 PM
Sep 2025

I didn't really need lunch anyway!

surfered

(14,287 posts)
17. My reply was meant for Goonch who posted a photo of 3 pins, one being Trump's likeness
Tue Sep 30, 2025, 04:46 PM
Sep 2025

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