“Make America Great Again” has been a popular presidential political slogan for decades. Republican Ronald Reagan used it when he defeated President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Democrat Bill Clinton started his 1992 campaign with the pledge to “make America great again” and Donald Trump trademarked the slogan for his successful 2016 Republican campaign.
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