A Visual History of Trump Magazine Covers

A thematic organization of how Trump has been illustrated by the media, from pre-election to now

I should note: This is the third edition of this post, updated after 15 months of the Trump presidency. The organisation is largely thematic, though we begin in the pre-election days of Trump and end with some of the most recent images from 2018.

The Trump presidency has set many things in motion, almost all of which have been irredeemably dreadful. But one positive — if you can even call it that — to come out of this mess, has been some amazing magazine covers depicting the 45th American president in his many guises. Here’s a rundown of, in my opinion, the best covers (with some that are not-so-good thrown in for balance).

It seems sensible to start with the November 2017 covers, the ones made in immediate reaction to Trump’s victory, rather than prompted by any of his actions while in office. The most iconic of these was probably from German magazine Der Spiegel, which depicted a Trumpian asteroid, complete with flaming hairpiece, on a collision course with Earth. This cover is by Edel Rodriguez, a Cuban artist who features prominently on this list. Ingeniously, the Der Spiegel editorial team went for the tagline ‘DAS ENDE DER WELT’, which makes sense in English…