The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has halted the use of a provocative vanity license plate that seemingly takes aim at President Trump. The plate, which carries numbers now notorious for implying threats against the former president, has been pulled from circulation.
The commission, responsible for approving personalized plates but rejecting those with political or coded messages, has decided to retract the license plate reading “FDT8647.” This decision follows more than a year of the plate being active and a subsequent uproar online, as reported by an MVC representative to NJ.com.
The number “86” is commonly used in the restaurant industry to mean removing an item, but it has recently gained a darker connotation, interpreted by some as a veiled threat against Trump, the 47th President of the United States.
In a related incident, former FBI Director James Comey faced indictment after sharing an Instagram image of seashells arranged to spell “86 47” on a beach in May 2025. The Department of Justice interpreted this as a threat against the president’s life.
According to reports, New Jersey authorities approved the contentious vanity plate in April 2025.
Images circulating on social media show the controversial plate affixed to a gray Subaru Outback in Mercer County, leading to public outrage and questions about how it received approval in the first place.
“Why did the @NJ_MVC approve this plate that says F Donald Trump and 8647 him,” one digital naysayer raged on X.
“This isn’t funny, it’s literally calling for the death of a sitting president, where did society go wrong where this is acceptable?”
Another person commented: “They knew what it meant and got a laugh out of it.”
“Whoever approved this needs to be fired,” another fumed.
MVC officials said in a 2023 interview that, despite strict rules banning vanity plates with sexual, violent, racial or political content, they can’t catch everything, though plates can be recalled, the outlet reported.
Some applications rejected by the motor vehicle agency between 2015 and 2022 include “FJBIDEN,” “FB1DN,” “FKTRUMP” and “FPUTN.”
The driver behind the alarming vanity plate reportedly has 15 days to surrender it or risk having the vehicle’s registration revoked.
