'He has peaked': MAGA gear goes into hiding as Trump stores shutter ahead of midterms

President Donald Trump supporters are showing less enthusiasm for wearing their MAGA gear out in public, according to retailers, and the shops that built a business on the president’s brand are rushing to sell off inventory before demand dries up.At least four Trump merchandise stores have closed this year, including the MAGA Mall, a large online retailer and wholesaler, whose owners say sales are down 30 percent compared with a presidential election year when Trump is on the ballot, reported NPR.Bill Hays, 80, closed his Trump super store outside Knoxville, Tennessee, in September, and he told the network that customers had started asking for bags instead of wearing their new gear out the door.“People were not wearing their colors, so to speak, like they did before the (2024) election,” Hays said.Back when the store opened in April 2024, Hays said, the line once stretched to 80 people out the door,...