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Goonch

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Fri Aug 18, 2017, 11:39 AM Aug 2017

New Yorker cover depicts Trump sailing with the Klan

The upcoming cover of The New Yorker depicts President Trump in a boat with sails that resemble the hood of a Ku Klux Klansmen.

The cover art, titled "Blowhard" by artist David Plunkert, focuses on Trump's statements Tuesday in which he blamed "both sides" for violence caused by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Va., over the weekend that left one dead and dozens injured.

Trump said there were "very fine people on both sides" of the protest that included neo-Nazis.

“President Trump’s weak pushback to hate groups — as if he was trying not to alienate them as voters — compelled me to take up my pen,” Plunkert said in a press release.

“A picture does a better job showing my thoughts than words do; it can have a light touch on a subject that’s extremely scary.”

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New Yorker cover depicts Trump sailing with the Klan (Original Post) Goonch Aug 2017 OP
He's an expert at "branding" you know underpants Aug 2017 #1
branding Goonch Aug 2017 #3
Metaphorically, he is he wind in their sails. As well as the blowhard. bettyellen Aug 2017 #2
Great cover Gothmog Aug 2017 #4
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