KKK Hoods, Nazi Salutes: Magazine Covers Take On Trump, Charlottesville

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a security briefing at Trump National Golf Club, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, in Bedminster, N.J. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after a security briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

President Donald Trump, who boasted in January of his appearances on magazine covers, might not be so happy with cover art unveiled Thursday in the wake of violence that erupted over the weekend at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and Trump’s own wavering rhetoric on the subject.

The Economist posted cover art featuring Trump using a KKK hood as a megaphone, which appears on its site under the headline, “Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president.”

Time magazine revealed art of a figure draped in the American flag, giving a Nazi salute, under the headline, “Hate in America.”

(Trump in January bragged, incorrectly, that he had “the all-time record in the history of Time magazine.”)

And the New Yorker unveiled cover art titled “Blowhard,” featuring Trump propelling a sailboat with a KKK hood for a mainsail.

Latest Livewire

Notable Replies

  1. I don´t think he´s gonna recover from this.

    How does ¨President Pence¨ strike your ears?

  2. THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS FOR GENERAL KELLY!! Great going, Guys. Blow hard. Love it.

  3. Small fingers, small man, small ideas.

  4. Avatar for caltg caltg says:

    It sounds TERRIBLE! . . . . .except when we consider another 3½ years of alt-president Trump

  5. Get ready to puke, peeps - and I’m talkin’ projectile vomit this time!

    And BTW, most of the comments are wonderful. They sound exactly like us.

Continue the discussion at forums.talkingpointsmemo.com

192 more replies

Participants

Avatar for jootjoint Avatar for littlegirlblue Avatar for alcaray Avatar for mattinpa Avatar for teenlaqueefa Avatar for thepsyker Avatar for carlosfiance Avatar for slagathor Avatar for chelsea530 Avatar for ralph_vonholst Avatar for geofu54 Avatar for leftcoaster Avatar for topchap Avatar for tena Avatar for jonney_5 Avatar for ombrax Avatar for dommyluc Avatar for antisachetdethe Avatar for tsp Avatar for spencersmom Avatar for socalista Avatar for justruss Avatar for 19tibekius6 Avatar for ohcomeonnow

Continue Discussion
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Deputy Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: