Time magazine’s attempt to skewer former President Donald Trump has led to a backlash against the magazine in the aftermath of Sunday’s assassination attempt.
Time’s cover was designed to add to the media chorus proclaiming that the arrival of vice President Kamala Harris on the scene as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate has led to Trump’s campaign facing trouble — particularly following a contentious presidential debate.
The cover showed Trump in a golf cart, stuck in a sand trap and looking forlorn as he tries to escape.
“Coincidence?” mused noted Trump ally Laura Loomer. “Or coordination?”
Many on social media were not amused with the cover, to them, carrying an eerie prescience of what was to come Sunday when a gunman crept into the bushes at the Trump International Golf Course and waited for 12 hours.
Ryan Routh, 58, was later arrested after a Secret Service agent saw a rifle poking through the trees as Trump was approaching and shot at the potential shooter, sparking a flight that ended with Routh’s arrest.
“TIME Magazine a few days ago. Today someone tried to kiII Trump,” Libs of TikTok wrote on X.
“Almost like they knew,” a poster using the name AmericanPapaBear posted on X.
Another prominent social media account, Dom Lucre, posted on X that “This cover of TIME Magazine that released 4 days ago is going viral due to Donald Trump’s recent shooting at a golf course.”
Everyone remember this Time Magazine cover released on September 11?
There is some serious conspiracy at play. Now Trump’s second assassination attempt in a few months. pic.twitter.com/UhTqWwlM3z
— Captain Cook’s Ghost 👻🏴 (@ZHAMNOV1245864) September 15, 2024
The U.K. Daily Mail reported that Time removed the cover from its vault of past covers.
In a Truth Social post, Trump rebuked those who have stoked violence against him.
“The Rhetoric, Lies, as exemplified by the false statements made by Comrade Kamala Harris during the rigged and highly partisan ABC Debate, and all of the ridiculous lawsuits specifically designed to inflict damage on Joe’s, then Kamala’s, Political Opponent, ME, has taken politics in our Country to a whole new level of Hatred, Abuse, and Distrust,” Trump wrote.
“Because of this Communist Left Rhetoric, the bullets are flying, and it will only get worse!” Trump added.
The gloves are off. Actually, the gloves have been off. What’s happening now is all the exposure of those who contribute to the volatile rhetoric…and in that exposure are tell-tale signs of those who are actively contributing toward the objective – the assassination of a political enemy. The signs from the exposures should not only be taken seriously. Their sources should be prosecuted to the full extent of the Constitution and rule of law. Unfortunately, we have a current ILLEGITIMATE ‘Administration’ which recognizes neither, and prosecution will only come w/ the return of non-Communistic leadership.
THE CULTURE OF HATE IS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, LIKE WHEN KAMALA HARRIS SET UP A GO FUND ME PAGE TO BAIL OUT REPEAT OFFENDERS DESTROYING SMALL BUSINESS’S & GOT INNOCENT PEOPLE KILLED DURING THE 2020 RIOTS !
SHE SHOULD BE CRIMINALLY CHARGED FOR AIDING & ABETTING THOSE CRIMINALS COMMITTING THOSE CRIMES