New Yorker Cover Features Presidents Facepalming While Watching Trump

The newest cover of The New Yorker features historical presidents scowling while watching Donald Trump campaign.

This week’s cover, “Bad Reception,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/jio12cgaUs pic.twitter.com/W92pYZXSjd

— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 25, 2016

In the cartoon, Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and George Washington sit around a television watching Trump give a speech. All five are dismayed at what Trump is saying; Washington can be seen facepalming while Teddy Roosevelt crosses his arms and growls at the screen.

“In most historical portraits, presidents are noble and dignified,” cartoonist Barry Blitt told the magazine. “My biggest challenge was to alter the presidents’ expressions to make them reflect attitudes of consternation.”

“Teddy Roosevelt generally looks angry and somewhat appalled, so he was the easiest,” he added.

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