--- title: Donald Trump Halloween Pumpkin Hat Inspires Internet Memes description: Trump debuted a new Halloween Make America Great Again hat and the Internet couldn't resist making pumpkin jokes. canonical: https://time.com/4994799/donald-trump-pumpkin-hat-memes/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-24T14:07:52.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:14.344Z og:title: The Internet Is Having Too Much Meme Fun With Trump's New Hats og:description: "If Trump wears it, it'll be invisible!" og:url: https://time.com/4994799/donald-trump-pumpkin-hat-memes/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd30b42ceff2620e5/6988e312bc6cfc40793e3a8f/donald-trump-family-slain-soldier-personal-check.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Vietnam War Veteran U.S. Army Captain Gary Rose Awarded Medal Of Honor og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Internet Is Having Too Much Meme Fun With Trump's New Hats twitter:description: "If Trump wears it, it'll be invisible!" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd30b42ceff2620e5/6988e312bc6cfc40793e3a8f/donald-trump-family-slain-soldier-personal-check.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Internet Is Having Too Much Meme Fun With Trump's New Hats by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 24, 2017 2:07 PM UTC  President Donald Trump speaks at a ceremony awarding U.S. Army Capt. Gary Rose, of Huntsville, Alabama, with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Oct. 23, 2017 in Washington, D.C. President Donald Trump speaks at a ceremony awarding U.S. Army Capt. Gary Rose, of Huntsville, Alabama, with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House Oct. 23, 2017 in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Oct 24, 2017 2:07 PM UTC Ahead of [Halloween](https://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/halloween/diy-pumpkin-painting) eve, the Trump team has been getting into the spooky spirit by selling a limited edition Halloween pumpkin hat. With its bright orange and yellow Jack O’ Lantern design, the latest “Make America Great Again” has the campaign promise emblazoned on the back, and goes for $45. President Donald Trump’s fire engine red “Make America Great Again” hats became the symbolic go-to topper for supporters, but appropriating the Jack O’ Lantern for political purposes is perhaps the most inevitable [meme-able merchandise move](http://time.com/4529976/trumpkins-hillary-clinton-pumpkins-halloween/). Eric Trump’s wife Lara shared the seasonal new accessory was available for sale on the site on Monday morning. > [](https://twitter.com/LaraLeaTrump/status/922465255149768711) > [](https://twitter.com/TeamTrump/status/922467363915694080) Predictably, the orange color and pumpkin aesthetic made it too easy for the internet to draw comparisons to Trump’s look. Comedians have long compared Trump’s head to the seasonal gourd, and the irony was not lost on his critics. > [](https://twitter.com/HoarseWisperer/status/922579230734602241) Even Samantha Bee weighed in. > [](https://twitter.com/FullFrontalSamB/status/922533111551987712) > [](https://twitter.com/deepleftAndrew/status/922820249048797185) > [](https://twitter.com/LittleBlueDotTx/status/922533600331001856) > [](https://twitter.com/GollyGMollyB/status/922548323499864064) > [](https://twitter.com/ChurtHurt/status/922467932327763970) > [](https://twitter.com/onthemarcmedia/status/922537556457263105) > [](https://twitter.com/mariolosasso/status/922534237403627522) > [](https://twitter.com/bethanyusher/status/922571049782296576) > [](https://twitter.com/annanotherthng/status/922585677845340160) Charlie Brown was invoked. > [](https://twitter.com/defensivethird/status/922534665562546178) > [](https://twitter.com/FabulousLVNV/status/922177167630278656) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4994799/donald-trump-pumpkin-hat-memes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4994799/donald-trump-pumpkin-hat-memes/"},"headline":"The Internet Is Having Too Much Meme Fun With Trump's New Hats","datePublished":"2017-10-24T14:07:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:14.344Z","description":"\"If Trump wears it, it'll be invisible!\"","url":"https://time.com/4994799/donald-trump-pumpkin-hat-memes/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","halloween","trump","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd30b42ceff2620e5/6988e312bc6cfc40793e3a8f/donald-trump-family-slain-soldier-personal-check.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd30b42ceff2620e5/6988e312bc6cfc40793e3a8f/donald-trump-family-slain-soldier-personal-check.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Vietnam War Veteran U.S. Army Captain Gary Rose Awarded Medal Of Honor","caption":"Vietnam War Veteran U.S. Army Captain Gary Rose Awarded Medal Of Honor","creditText":"Win McNamee—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4994799/donald-trump-pumpkin-hat-memes/","name":"The Internet Is Having Too Much Meme Fun With Trump's New Hats"}}]}] ```