Irish Magazine Takes Dead Aim at Trump

Cover art that clearly crosses the line

‘Careful. Nobody wished death upon Trump. The opposite.’ That’s Village magazine, responding via Twitter to a reader castigating them for the February issue cover.

But of course, the cover, a blatant example of print-magazine clickbait, does in fact convey that impression. Even without the question mark after ‘Why Not,’ which in no way properly communicates the still-inflammatory idea of ‘Why [Killing Trump Is] Not [the Solution].’

The associated op-ed debates the idea of “taking Trump out” and, ascribing offensive legitimacy to such a premise, concludes this is not the answer:

Ladbrokes bookies have Trump at evens to leave office via impeachment or resignation before the end of his first term.

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