On his Twitter feed this morning, Matt Drudge called out the Left for what he called its “continued fetish for Trump’s physical harm/death” and including this cover image of the latest issue of the New Yorker. Drudge routinely deletes all of his tweet, so here’s a preemptive screenshot:
According to the New Yorker, this cartoon that shows President Trump having face-planted at the bottom of the escalator in Trump Tower is titled, “Thumbs-Up”:
An early look at next week's cover, “Thumbs-Up,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/XSGUEyOPPp pic.twitter.com/TFr7jtcWb5
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) July 19, 2018
You see, his signature red tie is both a tie and blood:
And, this one from @NewYorker: the red is ambiguously a tie or a blood splatter? https://t.co/D1EGXb93nm
— Dr. Jennifer Mercieca (@jenmercieca) July 19, 2018
At first I saw the red tie as blood and thought, "damn… the New Yorker went there" https://t.co/sHTUEVVW1F
— Sarah Gibbens (@Sarah_Gibbens) July 19, 2018
“Embarrassing” puts it mildly:
At some point someone has to have a chat with the New Yorker; this is just getting embarrassing. pic.twitter.com/UxPl3nIxMb
— Sonny Bunch (@SonnyBunch) July 19, 2018
But this isn’t anything that new:
There were a number of George W. Bush assassination fantasies in 2004-2006…
https://t.co/KVa0fWTKgy— Byron York (@ByronYork) July 19, 2018
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