![]() ![]() The internet quickly got to work crafting hilarious quips and imaginative video edits. At the end of his long speech from the Ellipse on the morning of January 6, a speech filled with references to memes such as America First and China virus, Trump told the assembled. ![]() In the photo, he scowls and stares angrily at the camera. Donald Trumps mugshot, as part of his RICO indictment, was released on Thursday. The former president faces arraignment on the week of September 5. Memes about Trumps historic mugshot are everywhere on social media. Trump was arrested and quickly released on a $200,000 bond from Fulton County jail late Thursday after he was indicted on 13 criminal counts over his alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, including charges of racketeering, solicitation of violation of oath by a public official, conspiracy to commit forgery, false statements and conspiracy to impersonate a public officer. Like always, Twitter was there to poke fun at the truly unprecedented times we're living in. NEVER SURRENDER!” Trump had been suspended from the platform, then known as Twitter, days after the January 6 Capitol insurrection “due to the risk of further incitement of violence.” His suspension was lifted in November after billionaire Elon Musk closed on his $44 billion deal to buy the platform, though in the time since then, Trump has instead chosen to stay silent on X while promoting his own rival social media platform, Truth Social. On Thursday, former president Donald Trump became the first former or current US president to be criminally charged after a New York grand jury indicted him over his role in paying hush money to adult film star Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election. Trump posted his mug shot from the Fulton County, Georgia, courtroom in his first post on X since January 2021, writing: “ELECTION INTERFERENCE. Trump has also taken advantage of the photo on his campaign store, where people can buy $23 “NEVER SURRENDER!” t-shirts with the former president’s mug shot, as well as a mug shot coffee mug for $25, a beer koozie for $15 or a bumper sticker for $12-Trump also rebranded his first indictment of the year-over charges stemming from alleged hush money payments-with merchandise on his campaign store, including a “NOT GUILTY” t-shirt and mug with a fake mug shot and the date of his surrender in Manhattan.
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