President Donald Trump might be known as the “Art of the Deal” savant, but South Korea will get an Oval Office hat tip Monday for buying into it to the tune of $150 billion with its “Make America Shipbuilding Great Again” campaign.

During high-stakes trade talks last month, South Korean negotiators arrived with a symbolic gift: red baseball caps embroidered with the MASGA slogan and adorned with U.S. and Korean flags, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

The gesture struck a chord with U.S. officials, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who called it a “great idea,” while appealing to MAGA mantras and Trump’s aim to bolster the American naval and shipping fleet.

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