... but boasts mugshot will be ‘most famous ever’
DONALD TRUMP believes his mugshot will become ‘the most famous in history’ and plans to use it to raise millions for his presidential campaign, a friend claimed last night.
Trump is due in court in New York on Tuesday to face criminal charges related to a ‘hush money’ payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels.
As part of the process officials will take his fingerprints and a mugshot.
Toni Holt Kramer, who has known Trump for more than a decade, says the picture will then be plastered on coffee mugs, tea towels, posters, T-shirts and flags. She said: ‘President Trump and his supporters know the mugshot sums up the witch-hunt against him. It is emblematic of everything wrong with the banana republic [President] Biden’s America has become.
‘President Trump knows his mugshot will become the most famous ever in the history of the world.
‘It’s something that will become symbolic of the Left’s attack on Trump and any attempt to use it to humiliate him will backfire spectacularly. Everyone is going to want it.
Even his detractors.’ After news of his impending indictment broke last Thursday, money began flooding into Trump’s re-election coffers. A source close to the ex-President said that $4 million (£3.2 million) had ‘poured in’ from ‘every state in America’.
Trump already has a war chest of more than $100 million (£81million) to finance his 2024 bid for the White House.
The source said: ‘By Friday night there had been more than $4 million in donations and it was looking like we’d raise $5 million by the end of this weekend. Donations are pouring in from every state in America. Plans are in place to offer items printed with the mugshot on Trump’s official website. We are hoping to have the items for sale within 48 hours of his arraignment.’
Referring to actor Hugh Grant’s infamous 1995 mugshot, taken shortly after his arrest for ‘lewd conduct’ with prostitute Divine Brown, the source said: ‘Hugh Grant’s mugshot became iconic but you ain’t seen nothing yet.
‘Once the presidential campaign kicks into gear you’ll be seeing Trump’s mugshot everywhere.’