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28. i didn't think this was real but it is... from july 2018

Tue Aug 13, 2024, 11:56 PM

Aug 13

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/07/19/latest-new-yorker-cover-mocks-trumps-comedy-of-helsinki-errors/

“BOTH CHAPLIN and Trump are iconic clowns,” New Yorker cover artist Barry Blitt told Comic Riffs last year, when describing his political spoof of the silent comedian’s classic film “Modern Times.”

Once again, with the magazine’s latest cover unveiled Thursday, Blitt is rendering President Trump as a cartoon buffoon who is still stymied and embarrassed by moving parts.

For the new cover, titled “Thumbs-Up,” Blitt employs a visual callback to when the president-to-be descended a Trump Tower escalator during the event to announce his run for the White House.

In the wake of Monday’s controversial Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Blitt’s visual metaphor depicts Trump as falling face-first at the bottom of the escalator — yet still giving the thumbs-up sign as if everything’s great, terrific, the most fantastic we’ve ever seen.

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Check out this New Yorker cover: [View all] Ocelot II Aug 13 OP

Wonder if he will frame that one? liberal N proud Aug 13 #1

That cover is from July 2018 Celerity Aug 14 #36

Yes MorbidButterflyTat Aug 14 #43

That's a keeper! RainCaster Aug 13 #2

She wouldn't be caught dead near that bastard. onecaliberal Aug 13 #11

I love it!!! COL Mustard Aug 13 #3

OMG that made me laugh so hard! Demobrat Aug 13 #4

Down he goes malaise Aug 13 #5

SPLAT Katcat Aug 13 #16

Bwaaaaah malaise Aug 14 #35

I love it! llmart Aug 13 #6

George Conway has a PAC trying to do just that. onecaliberal Aug 13 #13

Lol Demovictory9 Aug 13 #7

Delish-a-rooney-pie!!! calimary Aug 13 #8

Perfect musclecar6 Aug 13 #9

Splat! dlk Aug 13 #10

That should have happened on day one. sheshe2 Aug 13 #12

No kidding. calimary Aug 14 #45

... sheshe2 Aug 14 #46

I LOVE it! ❤️ dmr Aug 13 #14

Priceless... ultralite001 Aug 13 #15

LOVE IT!!! niyad Aug 13 #17

Notice the thumbs NJCher Aug 13 #18

It's Okay,.. everything is okay,.. it's fine,... magicarpet Aug 13 #26

lol wolfie001 Aug 14 #34

Still with those fuckin' thumbs up. Conjuay Aug 13 #19

is it real? barbtries Aug 13 #20

it's from July 2018 Celerity Aug 14 #37

thank you nt barbtries Aug 14 #38

So what? It is perfectly appropriate today. FSogol Aug 14 #41

I posted because multiple posters appear to think it is new or are questioning if it is real. Celerity Aug 14 #42

YES orangecrush Aug 13 #21

Splat. Face-plant. Hekate Aug 13 #22

K&R spanone Aug 13 #23

LOL!! ailsagirl Aug 13 #24

I want to see headlines about the "Floundering Trump Campaign" tclambert Aug 13 #25

The Overblown Orange Orca BattleRow Aug 14 #44

we really were traumatized that day. We all remember the escalator. ecstatic Aug 13 #27

i didn't think this was real but it is... from july 2018 orleans Aug 13 #28

Hilarious 👍 TommieMommy Aug 14 #29

"Snort!" electric_blue68 Aug 14 #30

Nice one ... BlueWavePsych Aug 14 #31

T'would make a dandy landing mat for an escalator. nt Buns_of_Fire Aug 14 #32

Fitting end to an idiot. nt akbacchus_BC Aug 14 #33

Background is humorous Zoomie1986 Aug 14 #39

Splatfall bucolic_frolic Aug 14 #40

GUFFAW Faux pas Aug 14 #47

The tie should be rolling up in the escalator steps. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Aug 14 #48