TIME, The Economist Come Out Swinging For Trump On Their New Covers
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As the debate over Charlottesville and Trump's response continues, the major publications are starting to weigh in. So far TIME and The Economist have dropped their upcoming covers — and they're not pulling their punches: 

The New Yorker

 David Plunkert/The New Yorker

Update, 3:53 PM: Artist David Plunkert says: "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."

The Economist

 Jon Berkeley/The Economist

In a note that accompanied the illustration, The Economist writes:

[H]is 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.

TIME

 Edel Rodriguez/TIME

Illustrator Edel Rodriguez had this to say about the cover: "They are taking advantage of what the flag guarantees them—freedom of speech—to further an agenda of hatred."

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