Time’s choice of photo to illustrate its Person of the Year cover of Trump is interesting.
He…erm…usually doesn’t let it show.
But more seriously, what a surly bruiser he does look. He may be trying to look serious and grown up, but all he looks is hostile and belligerent. He’s making not duck-face but fascist-face.
Also notice the dig under his name.
Updating to add:
There are many valuable replies to Helen Rosner’s tweet, for instance pointing out the fiendish positioning of Trump’s head right under the M so that it makes horns. Rosner says the whole photo uses a very 1940s aesthetic.
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I suspect that’s his idea of presidential
Yes, I suspect so too. “He may be trying to look serious and grown up” i.e. presidential.
Then again, it’s also that many people love the bully look.
I sort of prefer the Untied States of America. I think it has a nice ring.
He’s told NBC it was a “great honor, it means a lot”.
Duck-face, Duce-face, Dork-fuck. Who reads the fiend print anyway?
Horns are apt too for such a bully Leader. Well spotted.
I might even buy that issue, TIME has passed me by muchly.
GQ had a good take on the cover.
http://www.gq.com/story/time-person-of-the-year-donald-trump-cover-devil-horns?mbid=social_facebook
I saw a comment in which the two covers were juxtaposed, with the word “BOOKENDS”. The person writing wondered about the intention of the artistic director at TIME.