# Is this available in the Official White House Gift Shop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 20, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326 "2025-08-20T16:41:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/1 "2025-08-20T16:41:02Z")
I’ve seen pictures, but fakery of all sorts happens. Are there hats and/or shirts available at the Official White House Gift Store that read “Trump 2028” or “Trump In 2028”? ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/2 "2025-08-20T16:47:21Z")
Is there an “official” White House Gift Store? ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/3 "2025-08-20T16:48:50Z")
Yes. I saw it on a news show. It does have trump merch but I couldn’t see it well enough to determine what it says. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/4 "2025-08-20T16:51:56Z")
AFAIK there is no gift shop in the White House. There are “White House Gift Shops” scattered around the area but they are private businesses and not run by the US govt. Now Trump DOES have an immensely tacky display of merch in the White House but it’s not a gift shop where you can actually purchase those items. That display does include a Trump 2028 hat and he has shown it to dignitaries in the WH. That much is proven on video in the news. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/5 "2025-08-20T16:54:25Z")
I think you saw a news report that was along the lines of this article: > **[Donald Trump Turned Part Of The White House Into A "MAGA Gift Shop," And It's...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/people-cant-stop-talking-donald-162829601.html)** > > Your great aunt on Facebook's dream destination. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/6 "2025-08-20T16:57:20Z")
> [@Dorjan](#): > > Now Trump DOES have an immensely tacky display of merch in the White House I heard he will take Venmo for items. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/7 "2025-08-20T16:59:27Z")
Snopes says that they “found no evidence to support the accompanying claim that Trump was running a MAGA gift shop out of the White House.” > **[Don't buy claims Trump runs a White House MAGA gift shop](https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/08/19/trump-maga-gift-shop/)** > > Trump showed off a collection of hats and other merchandise to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/8 "2025-08-20T16:59:40Z")
Apparently there is a small gift store in the White Hose used to support injured Secret Service agents, but the hat (or anything with that slogan) isn’t sold there. I just found that there is an official Trump store where “Trump 2028” hats and shirts are available, though. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-available-in-the-official-white-house-gift-shop/1022326/9 "2025-08-20T18:22:01Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > I heard he will take Venmo for items. Only in exchange for buying his $TRUMP meme coin. Stranger