Donald Trump's got a new signature pose for photos it seems ... 'cause he's bringing his mug shot scowl to the highest office in the land -- a stark departure from his 2016 portrait.
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00:00Donald Trump is striking a familiar pose in his new presidential portrait because it looks
00:05an awful lot like his 2023 mugshot.
00:07You know, at first I thought, wow, but then I thought to myself, that's just the way he
00:11takes pictures.
00:13And to me, it didn't matter whether he was taking a picture at a police station or for
00:17the White House.
00:18But it's not because if you look at his 2017 portrait, he was very smiley and happy in
00:21that photo.
00:22See, you notice that the light's coming from the bottom to make him look a little more
00:26sinister.
00:27That is absolutely purposeful.
00:28You know, when you tell a ghost story at a campfire and you put the flashlight under
00:31your face, that's to look scary.
00:32That's what the point is.
00:33It looks like a dictator in that photo.
00:34It does, yeah.
00:35But it does.
00:36It sends a message.
00:37What is the message?
00:38It's the revenge tour.
00:39He said this is what his second term was going to be, and he's sort of hinting at that.
00:43It could be interpreted many different ways.
00:44It could be, we need to be seen as someone strong and scary, or it could be, hey, everyone,
00:49look, I'm back.
00:50Is it possible it could be a third thing, that it's like, ha, I liked my mugshot?
00:55Yeah, right.
00:57What if he did a profile, too?
01:01And they did both.
01:02He just holds up a sign that says 47.