Holy Sh*T: the New Yorker's front cover.

[sheshe2]

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Victor Shi
@Victorshi2020
Holy sh*t. This is the New Yorker’s front cover for this month’s magazine. It is perfect & I hope more in the media will depict Trump this way. It’s not hyperbole. It’s the truth & it’s accurate. Bravo to The New Yorker. THIS is how it is done & we need more of it.

UPDATE!

Barry Blitt’s “Back to the Future”
The artist depicts a goose-stepping Donald Trump, determined to march back into political relevance.
As the New Year unfolds—an election year, at that—we can safely predict it will be filled with revelations and drama, even when it will surely contain some elements of déjà vu. Taking center stage on the cartoonist Barry Blitt’s image for the January 15, 2024, issue is one of the most predictable political actors, the former President and presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump, whose rhetoric is, somehow, still getting ever more brazen and shrill. “I look forward to depicting the pageantry, solemnity, and awe of the upcoming Presidential election,” Blitt says.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2024-01-15

[nocoincidences]

1. Oh look....

He's wearing DeSatan-style boots.

[sheshe2]

7. lol

And such tiny feet and hands.

[tanyev]

2. It's the truth--except no way can Donny kick that high.

[Hope22]

59. This and....

His ‘medals’ would be much tinier! 😁🤣

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Reminds me of this scene from GLADITOR...

"He enters Rome like a conquering hero. What has he conquered?"

[Aristus]

11. Ridley Scott intended for that scene to be a deliberate echo of "Triumph Of The Will",

the famous Nazi propaganda film.

A forum like that actually existed in the ancient city, the Forum of Trajan, although it wasn't quite that big.

[MadameButterfly]

4. Except this depiction give Trump far too much credit

for athletic prowess.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. HAHAHA TRUE!!!

[FakeNoose]

36. He'd never be able to raise an arm or leg that high

He'd lose his balance and land on his diapered ass.

[brush]

5. Excellent.

[badhair77]

6. Wow. I'm glad someone isn't just saying it out loud but

screaming it.

[Emile]

8. United States Dictator Kim Don Trump!

[ProudMNDemocrat]

51. Kim Don Smalldong

[cpamomfromtexas]

9. Perfect just needs arrow pointing to his bone spur!

[Demovictory9]

10. Trump could never get his leg up that high

[erronis]

12. You know the Depends would be leaking if he tried that.

I don't think his hero Hitler had an incontinence problem, but I could see Mussolini with major accidents.

Kim would just murder anyone who photographed him while being human.

[JoseBalow]

13. He will frame this and display it at Mar a Lago

right next to his phony Time magazine covers

[birdographer]

40. Exactly

His narcissism will prevent him from seeing this as the ridicule it is. He will love it! That's his dream, and they put it on the cover! I'm sure MAGAworld will have this on t-shirts within days.

[chouchou]

14. I will defiantly buy the January 15, edition.

I might even carry it around tomorrow while shopping, with the cover showing, just to piss off the rednecks.

[sheshe2]

17. You go girl!

[orangecrush]

15. Perfect

Put the truth on front street.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

16. Great cover

[NoSheep]

18. Why does he have all those "decorations" on his coat?

Do they represent any awards, medals, etc during his illegitimate presidency? From other countries? I looked in wikipedia and saw that he has received:

Friends of Zion Award by The Friends of Zion Museum (2017)[26]
Wounded Warrior Project Award in commemoration of Trump's support for the group during the 2018 Soldier Ride (2018)
Bipartisan Justice Award for signing the First Step Act into law (2019)[27]

and finally: WTF??? Ig Nobel Prize in medical education (shared with Jair Bolsonaro, Boris Johnson, Narendra Modi, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Alexander Lukashenko, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Vladimir Putin, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow) (2020)

[sheshe2]

21. Holy Sh*t!

[niyad]

44. IG Nobel, remember?

[COL Mustard]

24. They look like awards he got

When he was in military school 60 years ago.

[niyad]

28. You did see that it was the IG Nobel, yes?

[NoSheep]

43. I had never heard of that but nooooow I get it!

[progressoid]

49. The Ig Nobel prize is rather cool. He doesn't deserve it.

[sop]

54. Could be those purple heart medals...

Last edited Tue Jan 9, 2024, 10:01 AM - Edit history (1)

From Politico, 8/2/16: Trump: ‘I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier’

Without setting foot on a battlefield, Donald Trump said he received a Purple Heart medal on Tuesday at his rally in Ashburn, Virginia, from a retired lieutenant colonel and supporter.

“I said to him, ‘Is that like the real one, or is that a copy?” the Republican nominee said moments after taking the stage at a local high school.

Trump recounted the exchange, remarking that the man, who he identified as retired Lt. Col. Louis Dorfman said, “That’s my real Purple Heart. I have such confidence in you.”

“And I said, ‘Man, that’s like big stuff. I always wanted to get the Purple Heart,” Trump said. “This was much easier.”

Trump then invited Dorfman to appear onstage with him on camera, as the two posed for photographs and Trump flashed a thumbs-up before placing the Purple Heart back in his suit jacket pocket.

Trump then told his audience that he had asked Dorfman to speak, but that the man had told him, “No, sir. I’d just like you to keep saying what you’ve been saying.”

The Republican nominee has been under fire in recent days for his attacks on the Gold Star family of a fallen Muslim U.S. Army captain who spoke at last week’s Democratic National Convention to denounce Trump’s comments on immigration.

Following Trump’s statement, NBC reporter Katy Tur tweeted that she had spoken with Dorfman and that he said the medal he gave to Trump was a copy of the one awarded to him.

Dorfman was awarded the Purple Heart after being wounded in action in Iraq in 2007.

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-purple-heart-226565

[captain queeg]

19. I'll bet a lot of RW won't get it (since they left off swastiks)

You know if that pig was ever back in office he’d cover himself with phony and undeserved medals.

[sheshe2]

25. They still wouldn't get it, they are not that bright.

[KS Toronado]

20. Now if the rest of the monthly magazines would follow their lead

and portray him as unfit for the White House, would sure help our side.

[COL Mustard]

22. It's not accurate

X45 could NEVER goose step that high!!!

[BaronChocula]

23. I love Victor Shi but

there's no way the rest of the press/media will adopt this take in their coverage.

1) They're afraid of maga violence
2) Their editors/producers will only let them go so far in calling out the Old White American Order.

[canetoad]

26. I wonder where the inspiration for this likeness came from

[live love laugh]

27. Essence captured.

[Warpy]

29. Mel Brooks will love it!

How "Springtime for Hitler" can you get?

Yay for The New Yorker for going there.

[moondust]

31. Ewww. I can smell it from here.

[Sneederbunk]

42. Is it scratch-n-sniff?

[Paladin]

32. We need that image on 100,000 placards.

And we need them displayed in rallies from coast to coast, right fucking now.

[spanone]

33. BRILLIANT

K&R

[sanatanadharma]

34. Crop the picture just below the medals and the image changes ...

Crop the picture just below the medals and the image changes to Trump taking a prat-fall on his ass.

[honest.abe]

35. Perfect!

We need more of this to get through to the ignorant masses.

[B.See]

37. "These ain't jokes." (Earthquake)

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. It's his home state, too. . . . . nt

[sop]

39. His followers probably won't see this in the spirit it was intended, it's how they think of Trump.

[onecaliberal]

41. K&R

This is truly who he is.

[soldierant]

45. Accurate except that

my estimate is that he would be able to hold that pose for maybe a millisecond without falling on his ass.

[Igel]

46. It's what was commonly said by early summer '16.

It's just saying what many thought and believed.

It has no shock value.

[Elessar Zappa]

65. And it was correct in 2016 also.

Trump’s always been a wannabe tyrant.

[ecstatic]

47. I give it a C-

It's missing some important things. The diaper bulge, stink bubbles, and he can't raise his legs that high. Hell, he can't raise them at all. He can barely stand straight without assistance.

[Jim__]

48. MAGAts looking at that will think Trump won some medals "when he was in the military."

[progressoid]

50. More commentary from costal latte drinking elites.

What about REAL® Americans?

.webp

[pwb]

53. I have seen someones trump banner fade from the sun

in a matter of weeks. Cheap shit.

[progressoid]

60. And then they go out and buy more!

But don't call them a cult. They're just very very devoted.

[FailureToCommunicate]

52. I see more of a Mussolini vibe than of Hitler.

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

63. Yeah, Hitler tended to wear only an Iron Cross +

One other piece of hardware, maybe 2, even though he was eligible to wear something like 8 or 9 medals/honors from his WWI service.

I can't remember pictures of him decked out with a full component of his military/Nazi serviceware bling. For a dictator he was unusually restrained about accessorising with medals.

[sellitman]

55. Fake News!!!!!

[Vinca]

56. Brilliant. They even got the tiny hands.

[trusty elf]

57. ...

[sheshe2]

68. Lol.

That didn't take very long.

[90-percent]

58. posted on my fb wall

as soon i i searched to the ends of the internet for a decent link.

getting old and cranky,

90% jimmy

[Judi Lynn]

61. Wonderful to behold, sheshe2! Thank you, so much. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Historic NY]

62. Dufus can't raise his leg that high w/o a crane

[Captain Zero]

67. 0r crapping his depends...

[samplegirl]

64. I posted this yesterday

I got a measly 60 some recs.

[sheshe2]

69. Sorry I missed it, samplegirl.

[bif]

66. I've been subscriber since the early 70s.

Best magazine on the planet!

[SWBTATTReg]

70. Too bad they didn't stain the bottom of his pants when his leg was up so high, that would have been a more

appropriate look of tRUMP. If he had his leg(s) up that high, he could have caused himself to have even more of an accidental staining of his pants/diapers than usual.

[bdamomma]

71. Believe

what he is saying, he will do it. Weak POS, who is scared to go to prison.

He will take out whoever is not loyal to him.