Donald Trump supporters were horrified to learn the "Make America Dandy Again" sold at his inauguration were actually made in People's republic of china, Vietnam and Bangladesh.

Despite the new president'due south pledge to "buy American and hire American", street vendors flogged caps in Washington that were mass produced in the Far East.

Thousands of Trump's supporters took to the streets to encounter the billionaire become the 45th president of the USA, succeeding Barack Obama .

Many bought hats bearing his "Brand America Great Again" entrada slogan, just were horrified to learn they were strange-made.

Rob Walker, 44, who had driven to Washington from Georgia with his married woman Abby, 36, had stopped at a truck terminate on the style to buy a "Brand America Great Again" cap.

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"Make America Great Again" hats were on auction for as little equally $twenty ahead of the inauguration

"Oh God, I hope it'south non made in Cathay," Abby said, flipping the cap over to check the label. "Red china! Don't tell anyone."

The Trump hats available for purchase on Trump's official campaign website are made in the United States and cost between $25 and $30, according to the label inside those caps.

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But they are more expensive than the $20 versions sold by street vendors in Washington on Friday.

Joshua Rojas, 25, and Alyssa Immature, 28, had traveled from Texas to picket the inauguration.

Young was wearing a pink "Make America Great Again" hat.

"I loved it every bit before long as I saw it, I bought it right over in that location from 1 of the vendors for $20," she said.

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Asked where it was made, she said: "I don't know where it was fabricated actually. Let me check."

She took off the lid to check the label and cried: "Oh no, it's made in Vietnam!"

Austin Araco, 22, from Arkansas, was attending his first inauguration and wearing a Trump hat.

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"I bought this hat the day he won the election," said Araco. "From his website, of course. I wanted to make sure I supported his fund.

"I don't desire to purchase a knock-off. I bought the hat for $30, aircraft included."

Victoria Scott, xiii, and her brother Andrew Scott, 12, each bought a "Brand America Great Again" hat before the inauguration. Victoria's hat cost $25 - and was fabricated in China.

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She did not seem to mind.

Andrew then checked his chapeau. "Banglakesh?" he said later on checking the tag. His begetter corrected him: "You mean
Bangladesh."

And Robert Morrison from Queens, New York, was conveying his "Make America Smashing Again" lid - bought from a street vendor for $twenty - and wearing a New York Yankees cap.

Both were made in China.

In his spoken language, Trump said: "From this moment on, it'southward going to be America First.

"We will follow 2 simple rules: buy American and hire American."

During his entrada, Trump said Communist china was existence allowed to "rape our land" by under-cutting United states businesses.