Donald Trump Imagined as a Curvy Pageant Queen on The New Yorker’s New Cover

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Election 2016


Donald Trump Imagined as a Curvy Pageant Queen on The New Yorker’s New Cover
September 29, 2016 @ 10:20 AM

By Evan Real
Credit: Barry Blitt/The New Yorker

He’s beauty, he’s grace, he’s … well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Donald Trump was imagined as a voluptuous beauty queen in an illustration on The New Yorker’s latest cover, a response to his fat-shaming remarks about former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.

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In the image, a cartoon version of the business mogul turned politician, 70, is seen strutting his stuff down a catwalk in a baby blue bodysuit with a tiara sitting atop his signature comb-over. He is holding a bouquet of red roses and, ironically, is wearing a “Miss Congeniality” sash — a title normally reserved for pageant contestants who convey an amiable demeanor.

Barry Blitt — the prolific artist who is responsible for some of The New Yorker’s most iconic covers — told the publication that he was inspired to create the drawing after watching the Republican presidential nominee spar against Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during the first presidential debate on Monday, September 26. Of all Trump’s controversial attributes, Blitt, 58, said, his misogyny “might just be his Achilles’ heel.”.....................



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1. Thanks!

There goes any chance of me getting any sleep tonight!

[anamandujano]

2. Add this to your nightmares.

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[Else You Are Mad]

7. Ahhhh

My fragile mind cannot take this torture!

[dawn frenzy adams]

10. I like your picture better. It's more accurate.

The New Yorker was too kind.

[calimary]

3. My eyes!!! OWWW!

"Nice" things happen to those who are "deserving," 'eh?

This would be a fitting flip-side to the old "virtue rewarded" cliche!

[spiderpig]

4. Wonder which one of Trumpster's staffers will have the nerve to show him this.

[Scurrilous]

5. ...

[liberalmuse]

6. Very flattering.

Now picture the real Trump in a swimsuit. Enjoy your lunch!

[riversedge]

8. When I see Trump in his golfing clothes, that is bad enough!

[Coolest Ranger]

9. Are you guys trying to make me go blind? n/t

[NBachers]

11. A classic for the ages - right in his hometown, where he thinks he's the Alpha King!

[RaymondLuxuryYacht]

12. Will Art Spiegelman be taking a swing next?

Would love to see him hit one out of the park...and all the way to the Mexican border.

[In_The_Wind]

13. Locking. However this OP is perfect for GD or GD:2016. Please re-post it there.

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