Re: Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear

On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:28:26 -0000 (UTC), Don <g@crcomp.net> wrote:

Whoops! The Atlantic Makes Trump Look EPIC In Cover Intended as a Smear
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   Inspired by the visual language of old Ray Bradbury and
   Stephen King paperbacks, Justin Metz created this
   illustration, which may be the first cover without a
   headline or typography in The Atlantic's 167-year
   history.
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   <https://x.com/TheAtlantic/status/1833105626962055554>
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   The Atlantic has unveiled a cover that was intended as a
   smear on Donald Trump, but has ended up creating possibly
   the best Trump campaign poster yet.
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   The cover shows Trump at the helm of a horse drawn wagon
   riding through a decimated hellscape only recognisable as
   Washington DC because of the Capitol building in the distance.
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   Trump has a fist raised, reminiscent of his response to almost
   being assassinated, and he is holding a whip.
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   In the back of the wagon is a caged elephant, presumably
   representing the Republican Party.
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<https://modernity.news/2024/09/11/whoops-the-atlantic-makes-trump-look-epic-in-cover-intended-as-a-smear/>

Yeats, "The Second Coming":

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

comes to mind.

Also the circus in /Something Wicked This Way Comes/.

There appears to be a Raven in the leafless tree.

I don't recall Trump holding a whip in his fist after being shot.

But thanks for pointing this out.
--
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"