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Did Donald Trump Register ‘Make America Great Again’ in 2012?

In November 2012, a full election cycle before he became president, Donald Trump signed an application to trademark his now-ubiquitous campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.”

That move came under scrutiny in 2018 as Trump, now president, defended himself against allegations that a Russian influence campaign helped him get elected in 2016.

Trademark registration documents (below) show that the slogan was proposed as a political trademark in 2012. The timing is notable, some argue, because Trump declared (on Twitter, as is his wont) that Special Counselor Robert Mueller’s indictment of thirteen Russians and three companies for their role in the election cleared Trump of wrongdoing because those efforts began in 2014 (before he began his campaign):

Some pointed out that Trump had already registered his campaign slogan in 2012 — less than a week after the 6 November 2012 re-election of President Barack Obama. The United States Patent and Trademark Office publicly details the evolution of that application (serial number 85783371), which Donald Trump signed on 12 November 2012 and his lawyers filed just a week later:

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The initial application, which registered the trademark for use in “political action committee services, namely, promoting public awareness of political issues and fundraising in the field of politics,” did not explicitly state that the slogan would be used for a presidential run. Donald Trump later transferred the patent to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.

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It’s a tremendous victory, insists Trump – but controversy deepens

DONALD Trump last night overcame the first major obstacle to his dream of building a £1 billion golf resort in Scotland.

But councillors in Aberdeenshire only gave the US tycoon’s controversial development the go-ahead by seven votes to four.
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A final decision on the businessman’s bid to build the “greatest golf course in the world” at the Menie Estate will now be taken next week.

However, the two-and-a-half-hour meeting ended in anger and rancour, after the Trump executive charged with masterminding the resort development rounded on the convener of the local planning authority – the Formartine area committee – who had accused the billionaire of arrogance.

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