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Trump Wants To Turn Mugshot Into Batman-Style Superhero Signal
Ex-president hopes police departments nationwide will project the image into the night sky, implying he has superhuman powers
Donald Trump is exploring ways to take his menacing Georgia mugshot and turn it into a dramatic, searchlight projected Bat-signal.
The former president is hoping the sensational image (the first ever mugshot of a former US president) will be used frequently by sympathetic police departments nationwide, projecting him as a superhero swooping in to save America from the dangers of Democrats and their liberal politics.
Trump has already turned the historic booking photo, taken after his arrest for plotting to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results, into t-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers and other fundraising merchandise.
Now, he hopes that turning the nasty-looking mugshot into a stylized, searchlight cast image will further solidify his base enamored of comic book superheroes, while acting as a weapon of psychological intimidation to…
