# Donald Trump's Mug Shot and Booking **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [August 25, 2023, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073 "2023-08-25T12:40:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/81 "2023-08-26T22:23:23Z")
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**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/82 "2023-08-27T04:56:39Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I would guess that’s Ma Parker, played by Shelley Winters on the TV series. It’s Zelda the Great. [https://twitter.com/IamHappyToast/status/1695315382515519961](https://twitter.com/IamHappyToast/status/1695315382515519961) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/83 "2023-08-28T00:34:32Z")
According to this site, Trump raised more than $7 million after his booking, and attributes it largely to the mug shot. > **[Trump Campaign Reports Raising More Than $7 Million After Georgia Booking](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-7-million-mug-shot_n_64eb9394e4b0d17252144ade?jyr)** > > For former President Donald Trump, a picture is worth ... more than $7 million. I’m not saying he wouldn’t have raised $7M with a more traditional mug shot, but I think it would have taken longer. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/84 "2023-08-28T01:00:01Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Every picture I’ve had taken for drivers license/passport/etc looks pretty similar. My trick is to get pretty drunk, smoke a few bowls, then get a ride to the photo place, mussing my hair on the way. That way, when you get pulled over while blitzed, _it’s your normal look_. Brilliant! > [@whitetho](#): > > There is a famous portrait of Winston Churchill glaring at the camera. I wonder if that was the inspiration for Trump. That famous Churchill portrait was preceded by the photographer grabbing Winston’s cigar from his hand, thus accounting for the glare. > **[In His Iconic Portrait, Winston Churchill is Scowling Over a Lost Cigar](https://petapixel.com/2013/03/08/in-his-iconic-portrait-winston-churchill-is-scowling-over-a-lost-cigar/)** > > This is a photo of Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh, captured in 1941 during the early years of World War II. It is said to be one of the most widely I wonder what they snatched from donald just before the mugshot was taken? Whatever it was, I bet it was gold plated. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/85 "2023-08-28T01:51:19Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I wonder what they snatched from donald . . . Nothing. Trump is a professional entertainer. And he almost certainly rehearsed his expression. Churchill was too busy running a world war for such nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/86 "2023-08-28T11:16:14Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > Trump is a professional entertainer. Clown? ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/87 "2023-08-28T12:09:09Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I wonder what they snatched from donald just before the mugshot was taken? Whatever it was, I bet it was gold plated. Nah, just a half-finished bucket of KFC. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/88 "2023-08-28T16:26:24Z")
Letter in this morning’s Guardian: > As a retired primary\* headteacher, I have seen Trump’s face in his Georgia arrest mugshot thousands of times. It’s the “you’re always picking on me”, “no, I won’t say sorry” or “you said you weren’t going to tell my mum” face, or possibly a combination of all three. \*_i.e , a school for 5-11 year olds_ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/89 "2023-08-28T16:51:41Z")
The scary thing is that when I read that caption my first reaction was 'What was watergate? Was there a scandal I missed that involved water?". So darn many ‘gates’ I temporarily forgot the original. 🤦‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/90 "2023-08-28T18:43:59Z")
As David Mitchell once observed, an actual scandal involving water would have to be called something like “Aquagate.” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073/91 "2023-08-28T20:37:07Z")
> [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](#): > > [https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/1695136317661692301](https://twitter.com/MattBinder/status/1695136317661692301) Looks like Catwoman & The Joker had a child together. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trumps-mug-shot-and-booking/989073.md?page=4)