On one hand, it makes me think of the use of tattoos and violence as commitment devices in gangs. OTOH, Trump's assumption of personal impunity is so deep that it might simply be an act of simultaneous patronage and dominance.

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Vice signalling?

"If you are great (by my definition) and have done crimes like me, I will pardon you"?

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