(Daily Wire) Donald Trump’s mugshot will be the most trafficked photo in the history of planet Earth because social media is so ubiquitous.
Yesterday, he went to the Fulton County jailhouse where he was arrested and fingerprinted. They took his picture. The mugshot is now out.
Fulton County Sheriff’s Office / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
It’s a win for Trump to have his mugshot taken. The Left thought it would be a win for them, but here’s the thing about Trump: Trump is a walking, living, breathing meme. He is made for TV. He is made for the Internet. He’s changed our age because of that.
It’s not as though no one knew he was arrested. It’s not as though it was a shock dawning on the American people that Donald Trump is under indictment in four separate jurisdictions. We’ve known about all of this for months.
What the mugshot does — especially this particular mugshot — is give Trump the appearance of somebody who is bravely standing up to forces that are going after him.
Whatever else you can say about the guy, he was a TV star; he knows what he looks like on camera. There is zero chance that before he did this mugshot, he didn’t sit with his team and say, “Okay, what expression should I use in the mugshot since it’s going to be the most trafficked photo of me ever? What expression should I use?”
This is a pitch-perfect shot for Trump’s purposes; he doesn’t look as though he’s afraid or concerned or anxious. He doesn’t even look angry.
He looks determined. The goal here is to look as though he is the face of doom and coming for his enemies.
And that’s what it looks like.
