The latest Newsweek cover:

[demmiblue]

Oh my!


Edited to show the full image.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Donald trump has never worked a day in his life, nor has any of his kids.

Their job consists of "dont pay that contractor, make them sue us"

or Ivanka and Jared "evict that poor family and maybe they can freeze to death and die"

[workinclasszero]

26. I know that's right!

[CaptainTruth]

27. I'm a contractor. During the campaign I saw contractor trucks with Trump stickers...

WTF are they thinking? Trump has ripped off dozens (hundreds?) of contractors & put many out of business ... people JUST LIKE THEM ... but they support him?

"Yes, please! Rip me off! Don't pay me! Force me into bankruptcy so I lose my business! I'll vote for that!"

Trying to understand that level of stupid makes my head hurt.

[Doodley]

38. It's all about grievance. Trump represents their grievances about foreigners, gays, women,

politicians, or whatever. He is their canvass to project their grievances onto, whatever they may be. But they didn't know that beyond being the grievance candidate, he has nothing to actually offer them and is too incompetent to turn his agenda into action.

[machoneman]

60. Great post!

Unfortunately, it is all too true.

[Upthevibe]

76. I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! N/T

[haveahart]

86. Remember when Cheney started the meme that President Obama was lazy and Sununu continued on the band

wagon with it? Of course, theirs was a dog whistle for "blacks are lazy." Wonder what they think about Trump. Is he just the one lazy white man?

[WePurrsevere]

2. It's a fake but funny.. (ETA: Mia culpa... I'm sorry. It's NOT fake, I muddled it.)

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and accurate... lol.

[demmiblue]

3. It is a real Newsweek cover. n/t

[WePurrsevere]

23. Thank you. I apologize for muddling two different magazines.

I'm very used to Time mag zingers at Trump but not Newsweek. This is more harsh than I ever remember seeing from them before. Hopefully the tide really is turning since I think we're seeing even more conservative leaning media that's finally starting to wake up.

[CaptainTruth]

34. I thought it was fake too because the Photoshop work is so bad ...

I'll bet whoever did it isn't a photographer. It doesn't look like they understand points of origin for light sources & the resulting shadows they produce. Makes it look kind of amateur for Newsweek.

[Quanta]

45. I highly doubt that lighting accuracy was the ultimate goal for this cover.

BUT...the only glitch I can actually see as far as lighting goes is on the bags. Everything else has upper left lighting, which is good. The chair looks a bit cut out as well, but the image is very powerful and fitting for current events, and I'm sure that was the intent.

[pangaia]

50. It would not surprise me if the poor photo shop job is intentional.

Just to add to the irony..

[madamesilverspurs]

5. It is on Newsweek's website.

[Tanuki]

6. It's real, and the accompanying story is brutal

http://www.newsweek.com/2017/08/11/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-gop-white-house-potus-bannon-643996.html

....."So he sits and stews, like Al Bundy, the shoe-selling protagonist ofMarried ... With Children, the sitcom of roiling white discontent that predicted Trump better than any political scientist or pundit. Unsatisfying job, ungrateful children, all around him a nation in decline. Bundy dreams of the days when he was a high school football star; Trump, of his election-night romp through the Upper Midwest.

But that was long ago. Reality is here, an unwelcome intrusion for the aging reality television star. That “reality” was fun. This one isn’t. This one has special counsel Robert S. Mueller III rooting around like a bloodhound in his personal finances and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell droning on about budget reconciliation, whatever that is, and right-wing pundit Ann Coulter hectoring him on Twitter about illegal immigration. On the television, there is always California Representative Adam Schiff, talking about collusion with Russia and looking pissed.

Is it Friday yet?

Overwhelmed and Frustrated

Two days before the presidential inauguration, Trump tweeted a picture of himself seated at a desk, pen hovering above a stack of papers. On his face was the faraway look of a great man lost in deep thought: Pericles pondering the Athenian dead, Churchill surveying a blitzkrieged London. The accompanying text revealed that the president-elect was composing his inaugural address at the Mar-a-Lago resort, which he’d already rebranded “the Winter White House.”

The tweet was supposed to show leadership at work, but it instead revealed the lengths to which Trump will go to foster the image of diligent leadership. It didn’t take a team of CIA digital forensicists to figure out that the Spanish tile wall behind Trump in the photograph matched the one in the reception area at Mar-a-Lago. A photograph soon surfaced of a young woman at the very same desk, looking like she was ready to confirm your dinner reservation. Further scrutiny—that is, clicking a magnifying glass icon to zoom in—revealed that the papers on the desk were seemingly blank, while the writing instrument in Trump’s hand appeared to be a Sharpie, not especially useful for writing out a lengthy speech. Wanting to look like a head of state, Trump instead ended up looking like a concierge-in-training."....(more)

[demmiblue]

8. Thank you for posting this; I was just tucking into it.

[demmiblue]

11. OK, wow, you weren't kidding!

This is a must read... I am still absorbing it (and will likely reread it).

[WePurrsevere]

19. Thank you. I can't believe I managed to muddled Time & Newsweek.

You're right, that's a very brutal cover and article.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Oh brutal!

This is a keeper. "A concierge-in-training". I don't know if his ego will ever bounce back from that!

[Tatiana]

40. This is a magnificent thing of beauty!

Trump should face articles like this everyday until he is booted out of office.

[Warpy]

54. Wow, I might have to buy a copy

It would be the first time in 25 years.

[BigmanPigman]

74. I think they stopped printing it after Tina Brown took over.

I subscribed, along with my family, for over 30 years. I like my magazines to be in print form and had to switch to Time mag.

I was an illustrator (before computers took over) so maybe that is part of it... a tactile thing.

[machoneman]

61. Wow, that's gotta leave a mark!

Thanks for posting this wonderful article.

[niyad]

69. just read it--may actually have to buy a copy and show it to anybody here in fundieville

whose voice rises in support of this misogynistic, racist, homophobic, xenophobic, ignorant, lying, thieving, hate-mongering, narcissistic, self-admitted sexual predator and pervert.

[Brother Buzz]

10. Um, check out the August 11 issue

http://www.newsweek.com/

[WePurrsevere]

17. I'm truly sorry. I messed up and confused Time & Newsweek.

Dang but I really need to get more sleep.

[demmiblue]

24. You and me both!

No worries!

P.S. It isn't hard to think 'Time magazine' due to the amount of times he has bragged about being on the cover!

[WePurrsevere]

25. Thanks for understanding. I normally have...

MUCH better comprehension skills.

[MyOwnPeace]

4. Bet THAT one.....

won't be going up in any of his lobbies!

[Shrike47]

7. Inaccurate, unfortunately. He should be in his bathrobe.

[sarge43]

12. Yup.

Dirty, stained, half open bathrobe, wearing only one dirty sweat sock, day old stubble, crumbs everywhere, empty cans and crumbled bags all over. You know, making the place look like a dump.

[SusanaMontana41]

65. He ought to be in handcuffs.

We might just get that.

[Marthe48]

16. also, for accuracy, not 'aging.' 'old reality

television star is more accurate.' And 'old television hack' is most accurate of all.

[Glimmer of Hope]

9. Oh my. It would have been better with more realistic hands though.

[bdjhawk]

15. And holding a two scoop ice cream cone

with those tiny hands!

[BumRushDaShow]

13. LOL @ the Cheetos!

[demmiblue]

18. !

[BumRushDaShow]

35. !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

48. That pic of Trump reminds me again what a sloucher he is

and how he clumps along when he walks, as if all gravity were pulling at him ever so hard.
he most likely is not aware of his body language ....
except his weekly rallies to get an adoration fix, and other posed pics for publicity, he looks almost desperately glum.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

52. It's a miracle!

Gawd is telling us!! Lord OrangeSkidmark is a shlumpy cheeto!!

[Quixote1818]

14. This is for sure going to get under his skin! Love it! nt

[Renew Deal]

21. lol

We'll done.

[smirkymonkey]

22. He's going to lose it when he sees this.

I can't wait to see what he going to tweet about it. The whole "fake news" thing is getting to be like the "Boy who cried wolf". It's losing its effectiveness and nobody believes him anymore. As usual, he went too far.

[democratisphere]

28. Newsweek's National Enquirerer Edition

Why can't this be true.

[Honeycombe8]

29. Oh, my. Looks great! He IS lazy. Why do people keep saying he works so hard? LIE. nt

[L. Coyote]

30. Fake I'm guessing, due to product placements.

But there it is, online at newsweek.com. Just in time for his vacay ....

This should be the cover:

[obamanut2012]

62. no, it is real

[sandensea]

31. Eating Cheetos, of course.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't that nickname created right here on DU?

[flibbitygiblets]

32. Holy crap! Trolled by Newsweek!

Damn that's good...gonna go buy a copy!

[Honeycombe8]

33. Look at his little, delicate, smooth hands. SMALL...and never did a lick of work in his life.nt

[Marie Marie]

36. OK I am thoroughly confused. Is this real or fake?

[demmiblue]

42. It is real:

http://www.newsweek.com/archive

[Marie Marie]

51. Ok thanks for that clarification.

Now I can enjoy it even more. Excellent!

[erronis]

37. The whole friggin uglican party is at best lazy, at worst a giant suck

While those idiots "elected" the drumpf in hopes that his childlike antics would let them do incredible damage to the US and the world, I think we need to keep remembering that those idiots (the uglicans) and their handler$ are the root cause of this evil.

We won't solve our crisis in democracy and government until we get venality and self-serving moneyed interests out of politics. Democrats and uglicans. Of course, if I wanted to start somewhere, the uglican vermin would be the first to go!

[The Blue Flower]

39. Gut is too small, hands are too big

Otherwise, I like it!

[LovingA2andMI]

41. Cold-Blooded BUT....

GOLDEN!! Thanks, Newsweek!

[JenniferJuniper]

43. Cheetos. Nice touch for the orange cheater.

[NewJeffCT]

64. yes!

agreed on the Cheetos

[llmart]

44. One complaint...

He's not that good looking in person and he's fatter. Other than that I agree with everything on the front cover.

Oh, this is going to sting

[Stuart G]

46. This one paragraph stood out to me..........

"In the first six months of his presidency, Trump found the time to send 1,029 tweets.
They include accusations of Obama “tapping” Trump Tower, juvenile taunts hurled at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, warmed-over insinuations about the Clintons cribbed from Fox News, complaints about Attorney General Jeff Sessions, complaints about “the Republicans” and endless laments about “fake news,” many of them followed by assertions that are comically untrue. "

(darkened sentence my addition)


...."endless laments about "fake news"..many of them followed by assertions that are comically untrue."

And this is the jerk that Putin put in through thru one of the greatest espionage accomplishments of all time..

[Hamlette]

47. The best part? It will piss him off.

I don't know what's got into me but the idea of how it will make him feel gives me comfort.

The part that bothers me about that is I think his supporters are fueled by wanting us liberals to be humiliated. I hate to be like them but I can't help myself.

[JDC]

49. A brutal, but well deserved story to be sure.

[dubyadiprecession]

53. Trump's leading like a sad, clueless loser.

His agenda is dead in the GOP congress! Such a sad, sad man.

[Julian Englis]

55. The Cheeto Twittler N/T

[DesertRat]

56. He can hang framed copies in all of his properties

[SergeStorms]

57. That should frost Donnie's flakes.

Welcome to the wonderful world of Trump "fake news", Newsweek! That's a badge of honor, and you should be very proud to join the club of Trump's other "fake news" sources.

[trueblue2007]

58. POSTING TO TWITTER AND FACEBOOK

[onetexan]

59. Wonder if he'll frame this one at his hotels

[PatrickforO]

63. Whoa! Shh...I think I can hear him throwing a tantrum about this in the White

House. After this kind of strain, he'll have to go hit the links...

[Binders Keepers]

66. But, but, but--

Reince said he was the hardest-working guy he'd ever been around!

[lark]

67. Fake news, Newsweek.

He's at least 40 lbs. heavier than they drew him, lol.

I do love the cover, though, minus that glaring oversight.

[niyad]

68. that is for real?????? GOOD for newsweek!!

[Hekate]

71. Holy shit

[bucolic_frolic]

72. Who is that? Why, it's ... it's ...

Mein Trumpf!

[Scurrilous]

73. K&R

[Cernunnos_x]

75. Lazy Boy,

or perhaps a Barking Lounger?

Great cover!

[LittleBlue]

77. Funny as hell. But why ruin it with that solar eclipse headline?

Looks like something you'd read in a Murdoch rag. There will be no disaster whatsoever as a result of the eclipse.

[liberaldemocrat2024]

78. What a dumb president!

America finds itself in a never ending nightmare. How the heck did we end up with Trump in the White House?

[Scurrilous]

79. Boink!

[Sugarcoated]

80. This isn't the current cover on the Newsweek website

Are we sure this is legit?

[Sugarcoated]

81. Anyone?

[demmiblue]

82. Here:

http://www.newsweek.com/2017/08/11/issue.html

http://www.newsweek.com/archive

[dalton99a]

83. More presidential than Abe

[NastyRiffraff]

84. I love this, from the article:

When the weekend concludes, Trump returns to the D.C. swamp with all the enthusiasm of an office lackey slouching toward his cubicle on Monday morning.

As a former office lackey, I know the feeling, but he's a so-called president of the United States, not an office lackey.

[C Moon]

85. I love this more everytime I see it.

When I first saw it, I looked it over and thought about how clever it was. But I really like it now.

[MADem]

87. The grease stained bag and burger box

tossed carelessly on the floor are a nice touch!