A HAT supporting Donald Trump made of gold and worth $15,000 has been unveiled at a grassroots Republican rally in Washington DC.
The 3D-printed hat, emblazoned with the slogan “Make America Great Again,” was displayed at CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference, which in recent years has been a gathering place for Donald Trump‘s diehard supporters.
Jeff Hamilton, who goes by the artist name Xvala, told The U.S. Sun the story behind the bizarre memento as he showed it off in the corridor outside the assembly room where Trump will address his followers on Saturday.
“The story is ‘Make America Great Again,'” he said. “The hat is here to spread that message.”
He explained how the gaudy headwear was made from 24-karat gold over bronze.
“The idea is to spread the ‘Make America Great Again,’ message and to bring it into a classic art form,” he added.
Describing the two-year process of making the hat, he said: “Take a real MAGA hat, scan it, 3D print it, put it into a wax mold process and cast it into bronze.
“Then we surfaced it in 24-karat gold.”
The hat was signed by Trump in San Diego, California in 2015 before the businessman entered the White House for the first time.
Jeff’s hat was just one piece of eye-catching Trump memorabilia on display at CPAC, where MAGA swag was on sale for eager punters.
Among the items spotted were Donald Trump-branded cigars, MAGA hats with Trump’s famous blond hair spreading out in a wig from the bag, and “Woke Tears Water” bottles.
It comes as thousands descend on DC ahead of Donald Trump’s speech on Saturday.
Several hours after the former president’s speech, he is expected to name his Vice President pick.
Some 17 candidates are in the running for VP, including Vivek Ramaswamy, Tulsi Gabbard, and Tim Scott.
Earlier this week, Donald Trump’s former Chief of Staff Steve Bannon declared MAGA could “rule for 50 years” in a fiery speech to supporters.
Speaking to his “revolutionaries,” as he described his fans, he also said that Trump would go down as “America’s most successful president since Abraham Lincoln.”
While Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump warned that America was in the “darkest of days.”
