The Best Magazine Covers of Trump’s Presidency
From KKK cloaks to a decapitated Statue of Liberty, a roundup of the best magazine cover art insults from Donald Trump’s first seven months in office.
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast
In the wake of the weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia—and an unsettling lack of condemnation by the commander in chief—magazines have responded with art. And their critique is anything but subtle.
Over his first 200 days in office, President Trump has inspired his fair share of negative magazine cover art. Here, some of the best:
An early look at next week's cover, "Blowhard," by David Plunkert: https://t.co/VuBXtwJCUQ pic.twitter.com/zsDHVOBBQO
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 17, 2017
The new cover of @TIME. pic.twitter.com/VKpjav2fMp
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 17, 2017
Donald Trump is politically inept, morally barren and temperamentally unfit for office https://t.co/xLDMtLclUw
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 17, 2017
Our new cover this morning, it's been a decade since @TIME did not have a cover line https://t.co/7iWyl0gOuY pic.twitter.com/YHfbLSQ8Lw
— Matt Vella (@mattvella) May 18, 2017
An early look at next week's cover, “Broken Windows,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/PRnpMr5WKM pic.twitter.com/9nd5OaCImt
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) March 31, 2017
Time Magazine Cover pic.twitter.com/mXUYP5tRaZ
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) March 9, 2017
An early look at next week's cover, “Eustace Vladimirovich Tilley,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/xqd5rA9vGF pic.twitter.com/xEYwBCS0cs
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 24, 2017
An early look at next week's cover, “Liberty’s Flameout,” by John W. Tomac: https://t.co/qPXqZjuW1q pic.twitter.com/Uu6Hx4QdIC
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) February 3, 2017
An insurgent in the White House https://t.co/ZDPI6f1L4B
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 4, 2017
America First. The new @DerSPIEGEL cover by @edelstudio. @SPIEGELONLINE @SPIEGEL_English pic.twitter.com/P2b5d4GgBy
— Klaus Brinkbäumer (@Brinkbaeumer) February 3, 2017
NEW COVER: Stability is good for business. Donald Trump's whims threaten it https://t.co/c9wNJcY3Km pic.twitter.com/mY5b0a833l
— Businessweek (@BW) February 2, 2017
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