Donald Trump has mockingly been compared to children’s book character The Grinch after a courtroom sketch showed the former president scowling.
A courtroom sketch of Donald Trump during his historic arraignment on Tuesday has sparked a series of jokes on social media.
Twitter users mocked the former president for his apparent scowl in the courtroom sketch as well as detecting a likeness to fictional characters like Dr. Seuss’ bad-tempered The Grinch.
Trump appeared at the Manhattan Criminal Court for arraignment on Tuesday after a a grand jury indicted him following an investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.
The D.A.’s office probed a payment of $130,000 by Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen to adult film star Stormy Daniels to keep her quiet ahead of the 2016 presidential election about an alleged affair she had with Trump in 2006. Trump denies wrongdoing and denies having an affair with Daniels.
