A historic spectacle. an instant american artifact, another article says. the post reports that the image gives everyone this immediate moment for the public debate. you can view the mug shot. you can view this defendant and his facial expression, which was a clearly practiced choice, as potentially a hero or a showman or a, quote, scoundrel. that debate may rage on. there is no major debate that this mug shot image, like the others of the co-defendants we started to get this week, this matters. it reflects something real, and it is here to stay. the washington post says it s a mug shot seen around the world. the times reports a mug shot for history. an instantly iconic photo that also is, as the wall street journal reports, an immediate hit product. the journal, of course, is the business press, and we would be remiss not to mention that they report trump s mug shot, a presidential first, is also, as a business story, a merch