The Economist is continuing its harsh criticism of President Donald Trump on its covers—this time depicting the commander-in-chief using a Ku Kluk Klan hood as a megaphone.
The popular magazine’s cover comes as Trump continues to be criticized for his remarks following the violence stemming from a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia where one counterprotester was killed when a man with suspected neo-Nazi ties rammed his car into a crowd.
The cover uses a cartoon version of an orange-tanned Trump shouting angrily into a megaphone that is meant to look like the white hoods worn by the KKK.
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— The Economist (@TheEconomist) August 17, 2017
The story that accompanies the cover photo is titled “Donald Trump has no grasp of what it means to be president.”
The article slams Trump for his “both sides” defense of the white supremacists and white nationalists in Charlottesville, adding that at the end of his rancorous press conference earlier this week, Trump left “no doubt” about which side “lies closer to his heart.”
Here’s one of the more damning exerts from the Economist’s story:
“Mr Trump is not a white supremacist. He repeated his criticism of neo-Nazis and spoke out against the murder of Heather Heyer. … Even so, his unsteady response contains a terrible message for Americans. Far from being the saviour of the Republic, their president is politically inept, morally barren and temperamentally unfit for office.”
The Economist joined politicians, government officials and others who were aghast at Trump’s response to the violence.
Earlier this month the magazine had a cover showing Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s faces inside a mushroom cloud. The headline read: “It could happen.”
You can read the Economist’s story here.
