The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission has pumped the brakes on a vile vanity license plate that appears to target President Trump – and includes a string of now infamous numbers that seemingly call for his head.
The state licensing agency, which approves vanity plates but rejects requests for political jabs or coded messaging, is yanking the controversial tag reading “FDT8647” after it slipped through the cracks for more than a year and eventually sparked online uproar, an MVC spokesperson told NJ.com.
While the No. “86” is restaurant slang for getting rid of something, it has recently taken on a new meaning life, with interpretations tied to alleged death threats against Trump, the 47th president.
Former FBI Director James Comey was indicted after posting an Instagram photo of seashells spelling out “86 47” on a beach in May 2025, which the Justice Department said was a threat to kill the president.
New Jersey officials confirmed the vanity plate was approved in April 2025, the outlet reported.
Photos on social media show the disturbing plate on the back of a gray Subaru Outback in Mercer County – with outraged critics questioning how it got the OK from the Garden State.
“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.
