--- title: Donald Trump Skips Debate, Ted Cruz Sells Hats description: For just $25! canonical: https://time.com/4196660/make-trump-debate-again-hat/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-27T21:43:39.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:47:44.577Z og:title: Ted Cruz Is Selling 'Make Trump Debate Again' Hats og:description: For just $25! og:url: https://time.com/4196660/make-trump-debate-again-hat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ted Cruz Is Selling 'Make Trump Debate Again' Hats twitter:description: For just $25! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Ted Cruz Is Selling 'Make Trump Debate Again' Hats ## Video: Trump's Art of the Duel [Watch (HLS stream): Trump's Art of the Duel](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mwjW3v8J.m3u8) (2:22)  _Published 2016-01-27. As Donald Trump says he will not participate in Thursday's debate as part of his ongoing feud with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, TIME looks at his strategy in his many long-running disputes._ by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 27, 2016 9:43 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 27, 2016 9:43 PM UTC Donald Trump [announced ](http://time.com/4195194/donald-trump-skip-fox-debate/)that he will not be participating in Thursday’s Fox News debate due to tensions with [moderator Megyn Kelly](http://time.com/4196506/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-fox-news/). Another candidate, one Ted Cruz, saw Trump’s boycott as a merchandising opportunity. Cruz’s campaign is[ now selling ](https://store.tedcruz.org/product/make-trump-debate-again-hat/)hats that read ‘Make Trump Debate Again,’ a parody of Trump’s trademark [slogan cap](http://time.com/4063318/make-a-hat-great-again/). Behold: > [](https://twitter.com/thehill/status/692444245370802177) One of these caps will cost you $25, but can you really put a price on being this _topical_ and _cutting edge?_ Unfortunately, though, hats won’t start shipping until after Feb. 10. [**Read more:** #DuckingDonald Targets Trump’s Debate Boycott](http://time.com/4195565/donald-trump-republican-debate-fox-news-duckingdonald/) People who want to sport cool headwear that makes fun of Trump, but who don’t want to support the Cruz campaign, should check out the Democratic National Committee’s[ ‘America Is Already Great’](http://time.com/4069038/democrats-donald-trump-hat/) cap. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4196660/make-trump-debate-again-hat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4196660/make-trump-debate-again-hat/"},"headline":"Ted Cruz Is Selling 'Make Trump Debate Again' Hats","datePublished":"2016-01-27T21:43:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:47:44.577Z","description":"For just $25!","url":"https://time.com/4196660/make-trump-debate-again-hat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4196660/make-trump-debate-again-hat/","name":"Ted Cruz Is Selling 'Make Trump Debate Again' Hats"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Trump's Art of the Duel","description":"As Donald Trump says he will not participate in Thursday's debate as part of his ongoing feud with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, TIME looks at his strategy in his many long-running disputes.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/mwjW3v8J/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-01-27T14:17:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/mwjW3v8J.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4196660/make-trump-debate-again-hat/","duration":"PT2M22S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4196660/make-trump-debate-again-hat/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```