Gavin Newsom Trolls Trump with Touch-Up of TIME Magazine Photo
California Governor Gavin Newsom's X account roasted Donald Trump with a series of posts, including a retouched TIME magazine cover that blurs out Trump's neck, a subject of ribald jokes online. The move came as Trump expressed displeasure with TIME's cover photo, calling it the "Worst of All Time" and bemoaning the disappearance of his hair. Newsom's edited version of the photo added to the president's frustration, joining a long list of unflattering Trump images published by TIME. The controversy highlights Trump's ongoing dissatisfaction with the magazine, which has featured numerous unflattering photos of the president in the past.
Key Takeaways:
- Gavin Newsom's X account posted a retouched version of Donald Trump's TIME magazine cover, blurring out Trump's neck, a subject of ribald jokes online.
- Trump expressed displeasure with TIME's cover photo, calling it the "Worst of All Time" and bemoaning the disappearance of his hair.
- Newsom's edited version of the photo was just one of several attacks his X account made on Trump and his administration on Tuesday, including a roast of Eric Trump promoting his book signing in an empty Barnes and Noble.
- Trump has a long history of dissatisfaction with TIME magazine, which has featured numerous unflattering photos of the president in the past, including drawings of Trump melting and menacingly looking down at a crying toddler.
- Former President Barack Obama supported California's Prop 50, an initiative that would give California more blue districts, combatting red state gerrymandering attempts to stuff more Republicans in Congress.
- Newsom's X account also photoshopped a beard onto a cut of ham as a joke at embattled border czar Tom Homan.
Statistics:
- 2024: Donald Trump was named Time Person of the Year.
- 2017: A fake Time magazine cover dated March 1, 2009, with the headline "TRUMP IS HITTING ON ALL FRONTS... EVEN TV!" was framed and hung in at least five of Trump's golf clubs.
- 2025: The Government is shut down, and people are getting laid off, with health care becoming more expensive.
- 58: The age of California Governor Gavin Newsom.
- 79: The age of Donald Trump.
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