Donald Trump mug shot goes viral, thanks largely to UFC fighters and the MMA Twitterverse
Former U.S. President Donald Trump surrendered to authorities on Thursday in Fulton County, Georgia. He was booked at the Fulton County jail on 13 felony counts related to allegations that he schemed, along with 18 of his allies, including Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City and former United States Associate Attorney General.
Trump posted his own mug shot to X (formerly Twitter). It was his first post on the social media platform since Jan. 8, 2021. Trump was banned by Twitter shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 25, 2023
UFC fighters, others, post the Donald Trump mug shot over and over
Following the unleashing of former president Trump’s mug shot, many fighters and others in the UFC Twitterverse (or do we call it the XSpace now?) did their best to take his mug shot viral, whether it be in support of or in defiance of America’s first president to surrender himself to authorities four times in one year… or ever.
Many, such as welterweight contender Colby Covington, seemed to simply show their support by re-Tweeting Trump’s own post of his mug shot, while others added their own touch.
Free the 🐐 https://t.co/xQSVXIAS1J
— Marvin Vettori (@MarvinVettori) August 25, 2023
Others, like Carlo Prater went bonkers with a host of posts in support of the former president.
Trump was right about France seven years ago… h/t @rising_serpent pic.twitter.com/N5ltQSsmk6
— @amuse (@amuse) July 2, 2023
Trump was right about the Supreme Court… pic.twitter.com/n5o8tNjBef
— @amuse (@amuse) July 2, 2023
— Carlo Ricardo “Neo” Prater (@TheOneMMA) August 25, 2023
— Carlo Ricardo “Neo” Prater (@TheOneMMA) August 25, 2023
— Carlo Ricardo “Neo” Prater (@TheOneMMA) August 25, 2023
But there were, of course, many, many more tweets of Trump’s mug shot and other criticisms or support of him.
Props to Georgia for timing the arrest PERFECTLY so the Trump memes deliver right when the Bud Light memes started to lose steam.
— RJ Clifford (@RJcliffordMMA) August 25, 2023
When you find out Dillon Danis hacked into your Fiance’s phone. pic.twitter.com/5WzgY5Iizd
— MMA Roasted (@MMARoasted) August 25, 2023
The last thing a bottle of ketchup sees at mar-a-lago pic.twitter.com/RkSWVankay
— That Leftie Peace Corps Chick™🥤 (@ms_joan777) August 25, 2023
I was unsure who I was gonna vote for but fuck it let’s burn this whole mother fucking system to the ground https://t.co/MZXyWkQpha
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) August 25, 2023
Former Strikeforce champion and former UFC fighter Jake Shields also unleashed a slew of Donald Trump mug shot posts
Great campaign picture pic.twitter.com/qdmswD7YWd
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) August 25, 2023
Apparently This isn’t the mug shot. Hopefully he won’t disappoint
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) August 25, 2023
Apparently people have been posting a fake mug shot of trump but luckily I’ve found the real one https://t.co/yPvwtYvv9v
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) August 25, 2023
This mug shot goes hard as fuck https://t.co/cet8l0klpu
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) August 25, 2023
Trump will make Twitter fun again!
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) August 25, 2023
Even Elon Musk tweeted (okay, okay, x’ed) about Trump’s mug shot
Next-level https://t.co/E81JKWTJPS
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 25, 2023
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