When I first saw the hat, I did a double-take, At first I thought, “Man…another stupid Guts and Old Glory Proud Boy, speaking military code.” But then, I read the code:
Foxtrot Delta Tango. Military for F. D. T.

Wait. As in…Fu*k Donald Trump?  DAMN! A great message hiding in plain site!  I had to have one!

It was displayed in a Facebook ad (so much for Marky Z’s allegiance to Donny), and I quickly clicked on it. For just $9.99 (plus $5 shipping) I wasn’t risking much.

Almost the instant I clicked the payment button, I regretted my decision.
I had a blinding flashback to the time I ordered an adorable kinetic garden sculpture of two frogs on a bicycle. It came from Yugoslavia, and took four months to get through customs, and finally arrive on my doorstep.  It is wonderful, and was well worth the wait, and the $29.88.

Unlike the “Super Great Deal on a Closeout Drone Sale!” Which resulted in a drone, about the size of a golf ball, that would never charge – took almost 12 weeks to arrive – and was NOT worth the $69 I paid for it…and was clearly a Chinese scam!

The flashback came when I realized that the hat that I had just ordered was coming from China. Not only was it coming from China, but it was also exactly two days after Donny (the “D” in FDT) did his massive tariff blitz with China, who instantly reacted by adding their own tariffs.

Knowing that this could really complicate me getting the FDT hat I wanted, I immediately took action and searched for a similar hat on Amazon.

I figured that Jeff Bezos and Donny were now “cool tech-butt-buddies,” so I didn’t really expect to find anti-Trump merchandise available on Amazon.  However, there was a similar hat, plus shirts, jackets, sweatshirts and more, all with the same basic message!

Take THAT Donny! Apparently, letting Jeff and his bimbo finance’ come to your inauguration didn’t buy you his full respect.

Even more clever than the standard FDT apparel, was a TREE Version!
Fir. Dogwood. Tamarack.  
Cute! Clever! Something my wife (who is a school counselor) could wear in public when she was feeling only slightly insurgent.

Knowing April 5th (the first big national demonstration day) was coming, for good measure, I bought both versions.

And then, it got hilariously weird.

The tracking info for the FIRST hat, showed that it had reached customs in…HUNGARY. Wait. This hat was made in China, but was being shipped through Hungary?

No tariffs for Hungary…meant getting around the Chinese tariffs, and still poking Donny in the eye. Cool!

As it turns out, the hat from China/via Hungary actually beat ONE of the hats from China/Amazon!

For reasons I cannot imagine, the TREE hat (the one that was the least obvious in trashing Donny with an FDT), got hung up for a week in customs, while the other hat came through with no problems.

Again, please remember that ALL of these hats came from China.
Just like 99% of every MAGA hat/shirt/jacket/flag that is waved or displayed in anti-woke -protest movements and Trump rallies.

ALL OF IT COMES FROM CHINA.

After wearing the first hat to arrive around in public, and getting some “side-eye” from some people who appeared to be “on our side” of whether or not Donny should get Fu*ked or not (don’t ask Melania, we know the answer), I realized that I had a great comeback if anyone asked about the meaning of the hat.

Foxtrot Delta Tango.  F. D. T. Freedom. Democracy.
Truth! I immediately began to think about how I could turn this into a t-shirt or a hat!

What a GREAT IDEA!!

Except, within a day…I saw the exact great idea on Amazon.  Made in China.

And, I ordered one.

This hat had no issues at customs, even though we were/are in the thick of the nasty tariff war with China.  Did Bezos kissing Donny’s backside have anything to do with this? Not sure.  But there was no extra tariff charge.  No problem at customs.
And, no ambiguity about what I mean when I wear it.

Because the highlighted FDT still stands for its original meaning it ironically points out that Freedom Democracy and Truth are three things that Donny does not honor.

So, yeah.  Fuck him.

There is another side of this whole thing that makes me chuckle.

Knowing that there are likely whole towns in China making both hats from both sides of the Donny-sphere, I wonder if the Chinese who are making the MAGA stuff, and the Chinese who are making the FDT items ever meet for lunch, and laugh at how stupid all of this really is. They know their jobs are safe, because Americans are ignorant enough to think a hat makes a difference these days (Elon Musk ruined that one with his Darth-MAGA look).

The Chinese hat-makers have job security, because Donny makes his stuff there too (and he secretly loves the way they run their government).  However, the REAL job security comes from the fact that the same hat, manufactured in the United States, by union workers, would cost between $50-$100…and would STILL be sold on Amazon. Nobody is going to spend that much for a silly hat, that almost nobody who sees it, immediately understands what it means.

But, I will wear at least one of these every day…until the “D” is long gone.

Hopefully it will be Donny, and not Democracy.