Time Magazine Cover Imagines Donald Trump As King
The latest Time magazine cover features President Donald Trump looking at his reflection in a mirror and seeing himself as king in a royal robe and crown.
The image for the magazine’s June 18 edition aims to capture the first 500 days of Trump’s presidency, especially his approach to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible campaign collusion, the artist said. The illustration accompanies the cover story titled: “Donald Trump’s Campaign to Discredit the Russia Investigation May Be Working. It’s Also Damaging American Democracy.”
TIME’s new cover: Donald Trump's campaign to discredit the Russia investigation may be working. It's also damaging American democracy https://t.co/z3bDDFdd6c pic.twitter.com/tL7Rafd0ya— TIME (@TIME) June 7, 2018
“This
portrait of Trump gazing into a mirror and seeing a king gets to the
heart of how he and his legal team have approached this past week and
the past 500 days, actually,” artist Tim O’Brien was quoted by Time as
saying.
“Besides
the usual challenge of the short deadline and making the image work,
whether or not to have him looking at himself or looking at us was the
thing I pondered most. His eye contact with each reader, each American
fits the situation best.”
Trump this week boasted about his “absolute right” to pardon himself in the Russia probe. His lawyer told HuffPost Trump could have shot former FBI Director James Comey in the Oval Office and not be prosecuted.
Many on Twitter had thoughts about the cover:
«Mirror, mirror on the wall,— Pablo Moldes (@cromaticom) June 7, 2018
who is the fairest of them all?». https://t.co/fV5g0BJa95
This is the actual cover of this week's TIME Magazine - not some cute meme. How can anyone who has become such a national joke and disgrace possibly govern the nation? The answer is obvious: he cannot.#ThursdayThoughts pic.twitter.com/VQCyYoDKWj— John Lundin 🌊 (@johnlundin) June 7, 2018
De la présidence de @realDonaldTrump les seules grandes choses que l'on gardera ce sont sans doute les couvertures de @TIME https://t.co/jYDFupGj8D— Christophe Conte (@christopheconte) June 7, 2018
Living rent free in our heads since 2015. https://t.co/aBikYDVond— Gov. Craig Hlavaty (I-Texas) (@CraigHlavaty) June 7, 2018
Trump has taken issue with Time in the past. Last year, Trump claimed the magazine had informed him that he would “probably” be selected as its Person of the Year.
He
later tweeted: “Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going
to be named ‘Man (Person) of the Year,’ like last year, but I would have
to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no
good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!”
Fake Time covers
showing a portrait of Trump with headlines proclaiming his reality TV
show ratings were hanging in five of his resorts as recently as a year
ago.
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