A Growing Stack of ‘Trump 2028’ Hats: Newsom Sees a Coordinated Push

Governor Gavin Newsom says he has a “growing stack of ‘Trump 2028’ hats,” and he doesn’t see them as a joke. He views them as part of a coordinated push to normalize the idea of Donald Trump running for a third term, a concept he says Trump himself is promoting in private.
“You think he’s joking about 2028?” Newsom asked an audience, using the hats as a tangible symbol of a movement he believes is deadly serious. For Newsom, this merchandise is not just a gag for supporters but a tool for psychological conditioning.
He connected this public campaign to a private Oval Office conversation where he claims Trump mused at length about a third term. The hats, in this context, become more than just memorabilia; they are an outward sign of the inner ambition Newsom claims to have witnessed firsthand.
The governor’s warning is for people to see the connection between the merchandise, the rhetoric, and the private conversations. He is arguing that this is a deliberate, multi-faceted effort to prepare the American public for an unprecedented and unconstitutional power grab.