Donald Trump surrendered to authorities in Fulton County, Georgia, yesterday. Briefly held in custody, the fomer President posed for a mugshot. His niece, the psychotherapist and writer Mary Trump, asked aloud what many others were wondering:
“What happened to the good old days when there was a height chart painted on the wall?” she posted on social media.
Mary’s comments came as the former President was reportedly allowed to give his own height and weight details.
He claimed to be 6’3” and weighed 215 lbs.
This weight was 25 lbs less than when he was arrested in April in Manhattan on separate charges.
Many have commented online about Trump’s supposed statistics.
“This was the worst day he has ever lived through”
Mary Trump has long been a vocal critic of her uncle. She enjoyed a New York Times best-selling book with her memoir of him: Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.
She had a lot more serious things to say about his surrender yesterday—on multiple RICO charges to overturn the 2020 election result in Georgia—besides commenting on his height.
“When prosecutors before Fani Willis allowed Donald to avoid participating in the typical booking process, they handed him an opportunity to choreograph the spectacle in such a way that the only thing spectators saw was his power and privilege,” she said in her Substack email to subscribers. “He was in total control of conveying the sense that he was somehow special and above the law despite the fact that he was being indicted.
“The Fulton County indictment has taken him down a few pegs. And, despite the fact that Donald has likely practiced his mugshot face in the mirror for the last two weeks, he missed the mark by several light years.
“He was going for tough; he was going for righteous indignation. What he gave us was barely controlled raged [sic] (that literally turned his eyes red) fueled by his inability to make any of this stop. Most crucially, his inability to keep himself from feeling the all-encompassing humiliation and abject terror that, despite his best efforts, keep seeping up from his unconscious.
“We are a long way out from justice. And in the grand scheme of things, today was the smallest of victories. But it matters that Donald finally had to submit to the rule of law. And, for what it’s worth, this was the worst day he has ever lived through—and it’s all downhill for him from there.”
Donald Trump’s fear of humiliation
On X, Mary also shared a family incident in which a seven-year-old Donald suffered humiliation at the hands of his older brother. Freddy dumped mashed potato on Donald’s head.
“When [his brother] Freddy, at fourteen, dumped a bowl of mashed potatoes on his then-seven-year-old brother’s head, it wounded Donald’s pride so deeply that he’d still be bothered by it when [his sister] Maryanne brought it up in her toast at the White House birthday dinner in…
— Mary L Trump (@MaryLTrump) August 25, 2023
Trump himself appeared defiant about posing for a mugshot. He denies all the charges against him. He’s already begun selling T-shirts with the image and also used it to mark his return to X/Twitter. He posted his first Tweet since January 8th, 2021. It included the mugshot and a message saying, “Election interference. Never surrender!”
The same image appeared first on Trump’s personal account on Truth Social. Trump reportedly has an agreement with investors in the platform that all his social media posts must appear there first.
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Mister P
They say he practiced that pose. I hope he understands that photo is going to follow him the rest of his life and beyond. That will always be up there with the most photographs ever.
ShaverC
That photo, unfortunately, will probably make him president again, big mistake on the Dem’s part.
abfab
Talk about a mistake…..
Diplomat
He won’t be president again. Just isn’t in the cards. Dems will rule the next election, thk god. His mug shot is just plain shameful.
Fenwick22
Oh look, Don Jr is here as @ShaverC……..
abfab
And it’s obvious the real George Santos is here as one of these TROLLS.
storm45701
ShaverC: why do you think that? The photo will diminish him in the eyes of the public. His followers will rally around him, but most Americans – including the needed Independent vote – will not. In current polling, 54% of registered voters right now have zero intention of voting for Trump. If a trial happens sooner rather than later, that number will only go up, not down, as more and more malfeasance is exposed and all the goods that prosecutors have on the Trump criminal enterprise are finally revealed.
decrans
At the same time, Republicans plan on exposing the malfeasance of the Biden vice-presidency. We already have the former Ukraine prosecutor going on the record about his unjust firing and progressive-leaning publications (The Atlantic) admitting Biden’s culpability. It’s going to be a conman versus a conman.
Matthewnow
Don the Con will never admit any wrong doing. He is incapable of acknowledging mistakes he has made. I hope he lives a LONG and HEALTHY future. Rotting in prison.
Mister P
Most famous photographs ever.
xanadude
infamous
shva08
Never Surrender. That photo was taken when he surrendered to Atlanta authorities. It’s safe to say that the irony of that will be lost on The Cult.
abfab
They had some really great songs. Bugg off loser.
dbmcvey
If the book hadn’t been released in the ’50s I would almost think this was the model for the Grinch.
PubisHairus
He looks like the Grinch Ate Christmas!
dbmcvey
LOL!
abfab
More like THE BLOB, gobbling up the village and the movie theater. Nasty SOB. Naaaas-TEE!
wikidBSTN
Funny – it looks like Trump still has those mashed potatoes on his head.
PubisHairus
According to his rap sheet, they’re strawberry fields forever!
abfab
Raffia.
Kangol2
Kindling!
SUPREME
tumbleweed.
jp47
Freeze dried road kill.
abfab
In Queens. Under the El.
abfab
Mug shot of inmate No. P01135809
The ugliest man in America, if not the world.
Jim
Oh the sweet thing lied about his weight.
Okay probably his height too but his weight for sure.
Sad little man
Mister P
If he wins the nomination or the general election, the republicans war on education will be complete. They will have a nation of mostly morons that they can control.
abfab
He will not win the popular vote. He lost that last time and he will lose it again. We have morons, yes, but they are not the majority.
Fahd
Coming to a theatre near you, The Tangerine Palpatine.
abfab
He coerced (blackmailed) his doctor to find 100 pounds that he could take off his chart. He also forced him to ”find” an extra inch. He said no so he just added more raffia to the top of his nest.
kalamaty
Definitely the look of someone not guilty! 🙂
Mr. Stadnick
His mug shot should be his official Presidential portrait.
abfab
Toilet seat-cover. Ew, no, strike that.
Kangol2
Just like Dumpy Don the Con, shaving off pounds and adding inches–every word out of his hideous little mouth and microscopic fingers is a lie, including “the” and “and”!
abfab
And the spurs on his tiny little bones on his tiny little feet. It’s a wonder this slob can stand at all.
JTinToronto
That picture would be great on a dartboard.
abfab
Check Melania’s woman cave.
SUPREME
GRUESOME!!!!!
Fahd
I’m hearing from some news sources that the height /weight pairing that the Butterscotch Silvio Berlusconi self-reported would usually be associated with an “adolescent” male. lol.
abfab
I don’t know who is worse. Silvio or this new Nazi bitch Italy elected.
PoetDaddy
Donald Trump + Elon Musk + X = TOTAL TOXICITY
#ElonMuskIsDangerous
Also his inherited fortune comes from Apartheid-era emerald mining in South Africa (see: “Slave Labor”)
dbmcvey
So, these people are trying to look like d-grade psychopathic Batman villains on purpose.
abfab
They don’t have to try! They all look like humanoid swamp creatures aka Republicans.
LumpyPillows
I’m getting total Omen vibes from that evil mug shot.
abfab
DAMION JESSICA TRUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
scotty
if he’s 215 then chris christie is 185
abfab
That would make Melania 7.5 ounces
Gay Press
Aren’t booking forms in Georgia signed under penalty of perjury?
GayEGO
Trumpy Wumpy now shows on his Mug Shot that he is worried about going to prison! I am waiting for it to happen!