President Donald Trump’s stern, furrowed-brow portrait — which has previously been referred to as a re-creation of his mug shot — has made quite a few appearances throughout his presidency. And now, it appears it could be slapped on a $250 bill commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States. (You’ve also probably seen it on a limited release commemorative passport and National Parks passes.)
There are a few questions, legally, as to whether that dream of his can become a reality, given that it has been illegal to have portraits of living people on American currency since 1866.
But the second-term portrait has become difficult to glaze over — becoming a full-fledged cultural artifact in its own right that tells its own story, according to experts in body language and communication who spoke with HuffPost.
So it really does look a lot like the mug shot...
OK, so you aren’t imagining it — the official inaugural portrait of Trump taken ahead of his second term really does look like his mug shot from his 2023 arrest in Fulton County, Georgia, related to attempts to overturn the 2020 election in the state.
