Donald Trump’s mug shot was launched following his arrest in Georgia on Thursday, and the social media meme machine went into overdrive.
The previous president surrendered on the Fulton County Jail following his indictment earlier this month by District Lawyer Fani Wallis’ workplace in a sprawling racketeering case over an alleged conspiracy to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election outcomes.
He was processed and assigned a prisoner quantity. Within the mug shot ― the primary ever to be taken of a U.S. president ― Trump glowers on the digicam in what some in-the-know commentators perceived to be an try at showing menacing and displaying power.
Trump already made historical past in March when he turned the primary American president to be indicted. He’s since been indicted three extra instances, culminating in a complete of 91 felony expenses throughout the 2 federal and two state-level circumstances.
The unprecedented mug shot was trending on social media earlier than it was even taken, and issues solely acquired wilder as soon as it dropped: