What Does Trump’s Mugshot Represent: Trevor Loudon

During the Soviet Union, an image began appearing in graffiti around Russia. It was a simple cartoon figure, often accompanied by the slogan “Kilroy was here.” It became a meme, an idea that seeped into the nation’s culture. The panic it incited among the Soviet leadership turned the cartoon into a symbol of revolt against the tyrannical system. Similar regimes have seen similar memes—images that come to represent a deeper sentiment of the people. It appears now that the Trump mugshot is having this effect among conservatives. Here to discuss this with us is Trevor Loudon, Epoch Times commentator and author of “Enemies Within: Communists, Socialists and Progressives in the U.S. Congress.”