--- description: Donald Trump thinks that his slogan "Make America Great Again" may have rubbed off on Anheuser-Busch. title: Donald Trump Takes Credit for Budweiser's 'America' Name Change image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b625b477447402c/69889290428a9e7c40cd2903/bud_12oz_bottle_jkr_summer_sxs-610x407.jpg?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Donald Trump Takes Credit for Budweiser's 'America' Name Change by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:43 PM CUTPublished: May 11, 2016 2:30 PM CUT  Budweiser by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:43 PM CUTPublished: May 11, 2016 2:30 PM CUT Donald Trump [took credit](http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/279478-trump-takes-credit-for-beer-rebranded-as-america "undefined") Wednesday for the temporary rebranding of Budweiser beer to [“America”](http://time.com/4324384/budweiser-america-rename-beer/ "undefined") for the summer. Making an appearance on _Fox and Friends_, the [presumptive 2016 Republican presidential nominee](http://time.com/4325879/how-donald-trump-keeps-getting-coverage/ "undefined") was asked if he thought his slogan “Make America Great Again” had something to do with the name change, according to The Hill. “I think so, they’re so impressed with what our country will become that they decided to do this before the fact,” Trump told _Fox and Friends_ over the phone. Anheuser-Busch announced the [Budweiser name change](http://time.com/4324384/budweiser-america-rename-beer/ "undefined") on Tuesday, saying that it was repackaging 12-ounce bottles and cans with “America” from May 23 through the November election. Anheuser-Busch did not immediately return a request for comment. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4326065/donald-trump-budweiser-america/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4326065/donald-trump-budweiser-america/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Takes Credit for Budweiser's 'America' Name Change","datePublished":"2016-05-11T14:30:50.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T12:43:45.000Z","description":"Trump thinks Budweiser decided to \"Make America Great Again\"","url":"https://time.com/4326065/donald-trump-budweiser-america/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","Food & Drink","Budweiser","Companies","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b625b477447402c/69889290428a9e7c40cd2903/bud_12oz_bottle_jkr_summer_sxs-610x407.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b625b477447402c/69889290428a9e7c40cd2903/bud_12oz_bottle_jkr_summer_sxs-610x407.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"BUD_12OZ_BOTTLE_JKR_SUMMER_SXS-610x407","caption":"","creditText":"Budweiser","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4326065/donald-trump-budweiser-america/","name":"Donald Trump Takes Credit for Budweiser's 'America' Name Change"}}]}] ```