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Why Time’s Trump Cover Is Even More Subversive A Year Later

JL;DR SUMMARY Jake Romm revisits his interpretation of Time Magazine's 2016 cover featuring Donald Trump, arguing that it remains a significant piece of media subversion. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Donald TrumpCultural AnalysisNostalgiaPower DynamicsPhotographyTime MagazineMedia CritiqueSubversiveNadav Kander

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United States
"At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."
France
"The masterstroke, the single detail that completes the entire image, is the chair. Trump is seated in what looks to be a vintage Louis XV chair (so named because it was designed in France under the reign of King Louis XV in the mid 18th century)."
Israel
"At a time when other newsrooms are closing or cutting back, the Forward has removed its paywall and invested additional resources to report on the ground from Israel and around the U.S. on the impact of the war, rising antisemitism and polarized discourse."

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