Trump allegedly hung his mug shot like it’s the Mona Lisa of felonies

Thirty-four felony convictions and the man’s reportedly decorating the Oval Office with his mug shot like it’s a high school football photo.

That’s not “politics.” That’s America turning criminal records into merch drops.

Phys.org ran an explainer basically saying scandals don’t end careers anymore — they brand them. We used to have “October surprises.” Now we have “limited edition indictments.”

Trump’s whole arc is the loudest example: the more the system says “this is disqualifying,” the more his people hear “this is proof he’s our guy.” It’s not even about innocence or guilt at this point. It’s fandom. It’s tribal tattoos, but make it C-SPAN.

And institutions helped. Media companies monetized the circus. Politicians raised off it. Donors treated legal drama like a Super Bowl ad buy. Everyone got paid except the average voter, who got another season of “Previously On: The Republic,” with the same plot and worse writing.

Meanwhile, regular people are getting background-checked into oblivion for a 2016 weed possession, but if you’re rich and famous you can allegedly hang your booking photo in the most powerful office on Earth like it’s motivational wall art.

The punchline is you: while scandal becomes team colors, your rent still climbs, your healthcare still plays Russian roulette with your savings, and your rights get traded like Pokémon cards by people who treat “public service” as a content strategy.