Trump sweeps Biden’s aviator glasses off the Resolute Desk on epic cover

The latest TIME Magazine cover truly marks the beginning of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term.

It depicts the incoming president sweeping piles of papers, a phone and President Joe Biden’s iconic aviators off the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office as the words “He’s back” flash onto the screen.

Watch:

TIME’s new Inauguration cover: Donald Trump’s disruption is back https://t.co/f6thgzBMCY pic.twitter.com/LwsTz8sMyl

— TIME (@TIME) January 19, 2025

Of course, because it’s TIME, this is not meant as a compliment. The caption on X even reads “TIME’s new Inauguration cover: Donald Trump’s disruption is back.” The artist behind this piece, Tim O’Brien, has depicted Trump negatively in the past through a series of photos meant to illustrate the chaos of his leadership with rising water levels. This started almost immediately after Trump took office in 2017 and it appears the second term will be covered much the same as the first.

X users had a lot to say about the cover, and about the magazine’s blatant political agenda:

TIME’s slogan “He’s Back” is ironic because Trump never really left the public’s mind.

— Jacob (@jacob_w_palmer) January 19, 2025

Disruption = fixing what the democrats broke

— Republican Reflections (@RepublicanRefl) January 20, 2025

Oh wow. A left-wing “media” outlet insulting a majority of Americans & have NO idea how bad it was for us the last 4 years. How brave. How stunning. The term “FAKE NEWS” is back!

— SeldenGADawgs (@SeldenGADawgs) January 19, 2025

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— Marsha McClary (@marsha_mcclary) January 20, 2025

Disruption? See why no one is buying Time anymore?

— MAGA2024 (@Hunter19302) January 20, 2025

A more honest, self-aware cover would have prefaced that with, “Despite Our Best Efforts”

— Robert Belgrad (@MetalVistas) January 19, 2025

Yes! Trump WILL disrupt the evil, the treason, the disgusting walking corpse who was installed as a puppet so the bureaucrats who really ran this country could do so behind the scenes. Maybe you there at TIME likes our country to fail, I don’t know, BUT REAL AMERICANS DON’T. We…

— Swan Creek (@Swan_Creek1) January 19, 2025

This cover also marks a departure from the magazine’s previous Trump coverage, in which they recognized him as “Person of the Year” following his November 5 victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Trump’s political rebirth is unparalleled in American history,” TIME acknowledged, as BizPac Review previously reported. “An assassin’s bullet missed his skull by less than an inch at a rally in Butler, Pa., in July. Over the next four months, he beat not one but two Democratic opponents, swept all seven swing states, and became the first Republican to win the popular vote in 20 years. He has realigned American politics, remaking the GOP and leaving Democrats reckoning with what went awry.”

This was met with the expected grumbling from leftists who promised to cancel their subscription to the magazine over it.

I have canceled my subscription. Having him as Person of the Year once was bad enough but two? No. Enough

— Barbara Othmer (@OthmerBarbara) December 12, 2024

Pathetic what Time magazine has become.

— Political (@political) December 14, 2024

TIME surrendered in advance. We will not forget.

— Danni – Decency, Justice and Right still matter. (@wyo2step) December 12, 2024

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