--- title: Trump Campaign Now Wants to "Make Mexico Great Again Also" description: Caps bearing the slogan were worn by staunch Trump supporters Rudy Giuliani and Sen. Jeff Sessions at a rally on Wednesday. canonical: https://time.com/4475401/trump-giuliani-sessions-hats-make-mexico-great-again/ author: Rishi Iyengar article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-01T02:53:49.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:45:41.185Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Campaign Now Wants to 'Make Mexico Great Again Also' og:description: Twitter has reacted with disbelief and scorn og:url: https://time.com/4475401/trump-giuliani-sessions-hats-make-mexico-great-again/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf09da232f3cecf5/6988a476e20a87bba6a923d2/gettyimages-5981873621.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Donald Trump Speaks On Immigration At Rally In Phoenix og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Campaign Now Wants to 'Make Mexico Great Again Also' twitter:description: Twitter has reacted with disbelief and scorn twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf09da232f3cecf5/6988a476e20a87bba6a923d2/gettyimages-5981873621.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions Wore 'Make Mexico Great Again Also' Caps at a Donald Trump Rally > Sponsored content. 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Ralph Freso—Getty Images by [Rishi Iyengar](https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Sep 1, 2016 2:53 AM UTC Donald Trump’s slogan, “Make America Great Again,” has been given a south-of-the-border twist after his [visit](http://time.com/4475088/donald-trump-mexico-enrique-pena-nieto/?xid=homepage) to Mexico this week and [meeting](http://time.com/4475102/donald-trump-enrique-pena-nieto-transcript/?xid=homepage) with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Two of Trump’s staunch allies — former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions — wore caps before Trump’s speech about immigration at a rally in Phoenix on Wednesday that read “Make Mexico Great Again Also.” > [](https://twitter.com/cspan/status/771156540103417856) Twitter reacted with disbelief and, as always, jokes. > [](https://twitter.com/imaraceli/status/771168229901205505) > [](https://twitter.com/Iksenpets/status/771168036371869697) > [](https://twitter.com/weave221/status/771168008446193664) > [](https://twitter.com/MMonides/status/771164808322256896) > [](https://twitter.com/TrumpPence16%5F/status/771164665552465920) Trump reportedly [coined](https://twitter.com/JoshuaGreen/status/771159856137003009) the slogan himself. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4475401/trump-giuliani-sessions-hats-make-mexico-great-again/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4475401/trump-giuliani-sessions-hats-make-mexico-great-again/"},"headline":"Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions Wore 'Make Mexico Great Again Also' Caps at a Donald Trump Rally","datePublished":"2016-09-01T02:53:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:45:41.185Z","description":"Twitter has reacted with disbelief and scorn","url":"https://time.com/4475401/trump-giuliani-sessions-hats-make-mexico-great-again/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election","Enrique Pena Nieto","Immigration","Mexico","Arizona","Election 2016","Donald Trump","rudy giuliani","Jeff Sessions"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf09da232f3cecf5/6988a476e20a87bba6a923d2/gettyimages-5981873621.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf09da232f3cecf5/6988a476e20a87bba6a923d2/gettyimages-5981873621.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump Speaks On Immigration At Rally In Phoenix","caption":"Donald Trump Speaks On Immigration At Rally In Phoenix","creditText":"Ralph Freso—Getty Images","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/4475401/trump-giuliani-sessions-hats-make-mexico-great-again/","name":"Rudy Giuliani and Jeff Sessions Wore 'Make Mexico Great Again Also' Caps at a Donald Trump Rally"}}]}] ```