It Was Always Him, Not Us: How Trump’s Mug Shot Revealed Who The Real Criminal Is

Trump tried like hell to make it look like it was us

A protestor at an anti-Trump demonstration in London. The protest took place on July 12, 2018, during a visit Donald Trump made to the U.K. Alisdare Hickson from Canterbury, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Former U.S. President and Inmate No. P01135809 Donald Trump surrendered at the Fulton County jail on August 25. He faces more than a dozen charges from his efforts to change Georgia’s 2020 election results — a state he lost to Joe Biden. This is the fourth criminal charge against the 2020 election loser this year.

The Fulton County jail processed Trump, and he was released on bond. And then, it happened — the moment so many waited for — the release of Trump’s mug shot. There were cheers. There were celebrations (a friend of mine made lemon pie). There were jokes. There were memes.

However, many Black people seemed particularly overjoyed seeing 45’s mug shot. There was laughter, applause, and again, lemon pie. Black Twitter (with Twitter now absurdly named “X”) repeatedly posted Trump’s mug shot next to pictures of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama laughing. The strongest and loudest reactions I witnessed by far have been from other Black people. As for me, I’m pretty chill. I simply smirked, nodded, and celebrated with some mint chocolate chip ice cream.