Why Time’s Trump cover is a subversive work of political art

Haraatz ^ | Dec 11 2016 | The Forward and Jake Romm

[Salamander]

That’s why batcrap Giorgio is *so* relevant.

:D

[kearnyirish2]

“the lengthy explanation of America in decay, in debt, stagnated, in deep financial crisis”

Usually they wait until the Dem is out of office before admitting the true state of affairs. Didn’t Otoken fix all those problems?

[central_va]

If this had been LBJ in the 1960’s he’d be sitting on a toilet.

[TexasFreeper2009]

newsweek apparently pulled the same stunt with Hillary

“madam” as in the owner of the Clinton Brothel, prominately showing her wedding ring to signify the true reason she is there, ect.

[TexasFreeper2009]

newsweek apparently pulled the same stunt with Hillary

“madam” as in the owner of the Clinton Brothel, prominately showing her wedding ring to signify the true reason she is there, ect.

[Salamander]

I always did think that was a bizarre title.

:)

[Don W]

1) S#1+ flows downhill
2) Payday is Thursday
3) Don’t lick your fingers

[simpson96]

Their frustration is delicious.

[HLPhat]

They missed another obvious element:

Somebody went through the trouble of rendering Trump’s face in half-shadow. And they obscured his front.

It’s Similar to the effect Coppola manufactured in Apocalypse Now — where he illustrated Colonel Kurtz’s immersion in the Heart of Darkness.

[Flint]

"Plumbers also have a marvelous sense of humor. One whom I call on says you only have to know three things to be a plumber:

1.$#*+ won't flow uphill.

2.Hot water pipe and faucet is on the left.

3.Cold water pipe and faucet is on the right."

You left off:

4. The boss is an SOB.

5. Payday is on Friday.

[central_va]

Four things a plumber needs to know:

1. Hot on left cold on right
2. Righty tighty lefty loosey
3. Sh!+ runs down hill
4. Payday is on Friday

[Tucker39]

Drivel.....IMHO.
Mail Order Psychologist. Just send $29.95 and 3 Fruit Loops boxtops to.......

[virgil]

The picture is pure propaganda. The left is extremely frustrated that America is so resistant to Nazification.

[Ezekiel]

I think my favorite part of this pretentious article is the lengthy explanation of America in decay, in debt, stagnated, in deep financial crisis -— and somehow implying that it’s Trumps fault he hasn’t fixed all that prior to taking office.

Pretty much what Time put right on the cover:

Donald Trump: President of the Divided States of America

Gee nothing to do with eight years of the Obamanation Administration of Desolation, it's all the fault of the president elect.

I think it's a great subtitle, because it zeros in on Zero's legacy of destruction. The facial expression is a winner too, being an utter look of disdain over what has been done to the country, and disgust at who it was who did that.

[RipSawyer]

I’ve heard it all my life in the South as, “Hot on the left, cold on the right and shit don’t run uphill.”

[libertarian27]

[Reily]

More like why no one reads Time magazine!

[bigbob]

I could care less what they think.

He’s on the cover and whiny babies are not.

[Mr. M.J.B.]

Also http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-times-person-of-the-year-cover-is-really-trying-to-tell-us-2016-12

[Jim W N]

Here's Trump with well-placed "M" as horns (actually horns are a symbol of power).

look at how we hoodwinked those suckers - Oh is that what this pose is all about, heightening the conspiratorial tone and complicity of the viewer? Definitely a conspiracy with the the ominous shadow lurking on the backdrop.

Who writes this stuff?