Donald Trump wears new ‘Happy Trump’ lapel pin, but insists he’s never happy

Asked about the accessory, Trump told reporters: “Somebody gave me this. Do you know what that is? That’s called a Happy Trump,” according to the Associated Press (AP).

The pin shows Trump with an oversized head and an open mouth, which some people online compared to a bobblehead. Trump did not say who gave it to him.

Looking down at the pin, he added with a smile: “Considering the fact that I’m never happy, I’m never satisfied. I will never be satisfied until we make America great again, but we’re getting pretty close. This is called a Happy Trump,” he said, as quoted by AP.

This is not the first time Trump has worn the same pin. He was seen with it earlier this year during a February ceremony to swear in Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence, though he did not comment on it at the time.

An online search shows a similar Trump lapel pin for sale on Amazon, priced at USD 9.99, bundled with another pin featuring an American flag over a map of the United States, AP reported.

US presidents have regularly worn American flag pins since the September 11, 2001 attacks. Former President Joe Biden sometimes wore a pin combining the US and Ukraine flags to show support for Ukraine.

Barack Obama faced criticism in 2007 when he said he would stop wearing a flag pin, arguing it had become a stand-in for “true patriotism”. He later resumed wearing one during his campaign.

Trump-themed lapel pins have appeared in Washington before. In April, Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, wore a gold pin shaped like Trump’s profile during a meeting on Capitol Hill.