Mug shot of Donald Trump

On August 24, 2023, after being formally charged on racketeering and similar charges, Donald Trump agreed to turn himself in to police at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia, where a mug shot of him was taken. It is the first and only police booking mug shot of a U.S. president.

After its publishing, the mug shot was used on merchandise by Trump's 2024 presidential campaign, in Internet memes, and featured on various media reports worldwide.

Ninety minutes after Trump's release from the Fulton County Jail on August 24, the Trump campaign began selling T-shirts, mugs, and other merchandise with his mugshot photograph. On August 26, the campaign said it had raised $7.1 million in merchandise sales since the release of the photo.

During Trump's second presidency, an issue of the New York Post that shows the mug shot on its front cover was hung in a golden frame in a hallway just outside the Oval Office. One of the earliest photographs showing the framed cover was taken on February 4, 2025 during a visit by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

On January 17, 2025, three days before inauguration day, the Trump transition team released inaugural portraits of Trump and vice president-elect JD Vance. Whereas Vance smiled on his, Trump's look was reportedly inspired by his 2023 mug shot.

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