On January 20, Donald Trump left the White House with a promise that he would “somehow” return. During his four-year presidential tenure, the American tycoon was the protagonist of many magazine covers that were controversial and went around the world.
These are some of the most remembered:
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1. ‘The New European’
Following the events of January 6, when hundreds of the former president’s followers forcibly stormed the Washington Capitol, The magazine “The New European” made a cover entitled “Demokracy” with the face of the tycoon disguised as Jake Angeli.
The latter was the man identified as the Capitol’s conspiracy theorist.
Angeli stormed into the building with a special appearance: the naked torso, covered in animal skins, horns on his head and the flag of the United States painted on his face. The conspirator was arrested days later and charged with several crimes related to the attack.
Trump was illustrated by the magazine in the same outfit as the culprit. Taking this into account, the riots, which caused five deaths and several injuries, were encouraged weeks earlier by the tycoon, who emphatically claimed the existence of fraud in the November presidential election that gave Joe Biden victory.
“What now for America and the world?” (What’s next for America and the world?), The magazine wrote referring to the collapse of American democracy after the unfortunate event.
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The cover of ‘The New European’ magazine in January 2020.
2. ‘The New Yorker’
In March 2020, The New Yorker magazine strongly criticized Donald Trump’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the United States.
At this point, the magnate refused to declare mandatory quarantine in the United States, despite already having a large number of those infected.
One of the biggest criticisms of the then president was that He preferred the country’s economy to the lives of its citizens, underestimated the virus, and was slow to take steps to prevent it from spreading.
The cover satirically depicted this criticism, illustrating a Trump bound by a mask and screaming, Referring to the fact that the former president did not pay attention to reality.
Until January 19, when it was his last full day as president, the death toll from Covid-19 disease was over 400,000. For its part, more than 23 million infections have been recorded so far.
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The cover of ‘The New Yorker’ in March 2020.
3. ‘Time’ (2018)
July 2, 2018 Time magazine published a major turnaround criticizing the migration situation on Mexico’s border with the United States.
In it, a crying girl appears in front of Donald Trump, looking at her from above with contempt. The illustration is accompanied by the phrase “Welcome to America.”
The little girl became the symbol of the debate over Donald Trump’s immigration measures. One of the most brutal was the one that led to the separation of about 5,000 minors from their migrant parents between 2017 and 2018.
Currently, There are about 600 children in custody and Joe Biden will seek reunification with their families with his new immigration project.
Cover of Time magazine in July 2018.
4. ‘Time’ (March 2017)
In 2017, Time magazine again strongly criticized the then president on the March cover of that year.
Titled “Trump’s war on Washington”the media illustrated a distracted and gigantic Trump leaning on the white obelisk of the Washington Monument, which bursts as he continues, imperturbably, on his cell phone tweeting.
The criticism pointed to the tycoon’s policy, which in many cases began with a trill. Likewise, it seemed all that mattered to him is on Twitter, rather than the reality of the country.
Something paradoxical given that January 9 last year Twitter permanently shut down Trump’s account after finding that he had violated the rules of conduct multiple times. Especially after the capture of the Washington Capitol with his followers on January 6.
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Cover of Time magazine in March 2017.
5. ‘Time’ (February 2017)
In another edition of the US weekly magazine entitled “Nothing to see here”, Trump is depicted in the middle of a storm. This indicates the chaos of his first month in the office.
“In the first month of his presidency, the New York billionaire witnessed Simon’s lesson: Breaking down the temple can be painful if you try from the inside,” reads the magazine’s editorial.
Cover of Time magazine in February 2017.
6. ‘The mirror’
In February 2017, the German weekly ‘Der Spiegel’ was shown the then president of the United States beheaded by the Statue of Liberty, one of the most representative symbols of this country.
Titled “America first,” the magazine portrayed the screaming mogul with a bloodstained knife in one hand and the head of the Statue of Liberty in the other.
This criticism refers to Donald Trump’s isolationist policies, which in many cases placed his nation above him, deteriorating bilateral relations with other countries in the international sphere.
The ex-president It was characterized by always prioritizing the interests of the United States, but this affected the position and influence of power on global governance
This time the cover follows a series of attacks by Trump and his aides against the policies of the German government, rapidly deteriorating the relationship between the two countries.
Cover of the magazine ‘Der Spiegel’ in February 2017
7. ‘The Economist’
In February 2017, the magazine ‘The Economist’ released a cover with it it illustrates the tycoon, wearing a black suit and his famous red cap with the phrase “Make America great again”, about to drop a Molotov bomb.
The cover, titled “ An Insurgent in the White House, ” is a satire of the chaos that Trump’s new policy caused at the time.
After taking office as president on January 20, 2017, several of the controversial proposals he had made during his campaign took shape. This created uncertainty and major changes, both for the nation and for the world.
Cover of The Economist magazine in February 2017.
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