I went to verify this and found this on the Time site explaining the cover.

This guarantees Trump will be featured again. Something he can hold onto as he goes down.

demmiblue

(36,898 posts)

6. Lol... thanks.

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:22 AM

Aug 2018

Almost a jinx!

forgotmylogin

(7,538 posts)

16. He'll have a whole row of them to display...

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:10 AM

Aug 2018

in the lobby at Golf-a-Lot-Go.

Huge Kudos to the artist and Time for predicting a series! These will be collector's items for sure and will have a place in the "Donald J. Trump Very Bigly Presidential Conspiracy and Gaudy Interior Design Museum."

True Dough

(17,337 posts)

19. Looking forward to

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:15 AM

Aug 2018

fully submersed!

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

24. How's that cleaning up the swampy thingy going for ya now?

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:34 AM

Aug 2018

I never thought I would appreciate Sara Palin, but there you are... strange times!

dalton99a

(81,635 posts)

28. Awesome.

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:43 AM

Aug 2018

Wwcd

(6,288 posts)

37. LOL.."STORMY"...

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Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:32 AM

Aug 2018

cstanleytech

(26,331 posts)

46. Would be perfect if a roll of toilet paper was seen floating by in the next one. nt

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Thu Aug 23, 2018, 07:54 PM

Aug 2018

demmiblue

(36,898 posts)

5. BTW, this is the third in the series by the artist, Tim O'Brien:

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:20 AM

Aug 2018

Nice job, Mr. O'Brien!

GetRidOfThem

(869 posts)

7. Looks stormy....

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:28 AM

Aug 2018

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

18. I'm now a fan of Tim O'Brien!

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:14 AM

Aug 2018

Wow, he is one awesome illustrator!

demmiblue

(36,898 posts)

41. Here is his website, if you are interested:

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #18)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 12:43 PM

Aug 2018

https://obrienillustration.com/

Some really nice work there:

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

42. Oh thank you!

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #41)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 12:45 PM

Aug 2018

Love!

joshcryer

(62,277 posts)

34. That is incredible!

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:02 AM

Aug 2018

Wow!

Thank you for sharing that.

BlueJac

(7,838 posts)

8. Love it!

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:35 AM

Aug 2018

Ferrets are Cool

(21,110 posts)

9. There should be TURDS floating

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:36 AM

Aug 2018

all in that picture.

VOX

(22,976 posts)

12. There's a BIG floater in there, looks like some joker put a red necktie around it.

Reply to Ferrets are Cool (Reply #9)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:40 AM

Aug 2018

VOX

(22,976 posts)

10. Nice! The biblical-flood theme is quite appropriate.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:38 AM

Aug 2018

Great cover.

demmiblue

(36,898 posts)

11. Animated version/backstory:

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:40 AM

Aug 2018

Link to tweet

The Story Behind TIME's 'In Deep' Donald Trump Cover

For the cover of the Sept. 3, 2018, issue of TIME, readers might notice something familiar. TIME collaborator Tim O’Brien, an artist who has been creating TIME covers for nearly 30 years, has added the next illustrative step visualizing the mounting troubles facing President Trump. The third cover in O’Brien’s series features a flooded Oval Office with the president floating above the water line.

The depiction follows the convergence of multiple distressing storylines for the president this week. First among them: Trump fixer and former personal lawyer Michael Cohen’s claim that the president directed Cohen during the 2016 campaign to pay off two women to prevent them from speaking out about affairs they had with Trump.

O’Brien says for this third cover whether Trump “would still be at his Resolute desk or not,” says O’Brien, a Brooklyn-based artist whose more than two dozen TIME covers over the years, include subjects ranging from the Catholic church to Osama Bin Laden. “I felt that it was too comical or perhaps morbid to see him sitting there. But to have him at the top suggests he’s still fighting despite the deepening issues.”

“When I painted the ‘Nothing to See Here’ cover art, like many, I assumed the level of chaos could not last,” says O’Brien, who used air brush, pencil, gouache and oil paint to create the original piece, published in February 2017. But, he adds, “as the never-ending flood of breaking news washed over the White House, and the firings, the scandals and the general mayhem filled each news cycle, I felt the storm metaphor was as relevant as ever.”

http://time.com/5374572/donald-trump-time-cover-in-deep/

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

20. Thanks! I love this! nt

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #11)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:16 AM

Aug 2018

klook

(12,171 posts)

32. Brilliant - these animations are incredible!

Reply to demmiblue (Reply #11)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:54 AM

Aug 2018

http://time.com/5374572/donald-trump-time-cover-in-deep/

flying_wahini

(6,661 posts)

13. Not deep enough or long enough, in my opinion.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:06 AM

Aug 2018

That should be shit, not water.

mobeau69

(11,159 posts)

14. His hands should be smaller.

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:10 AM

Aug 2018

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

22. Ditto!!!

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Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:32 AM

Aug 2018

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

25. Everything looks bigger and bloated under water.

Reply to mobeau69 (Reply #14)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:39 AM

Aug 2018

It’s some sort of light refraction thing. An eggagerated optical illusion like Trump’s reality.

tblue37

(65,490 posts)

15. He is so proud of being on the "Time" cover that he hangs fake ones on his walls. He also

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:10 AM

Aug 2018

grabs that he has had more Time covers than anyone else.

Maybe he will hang these covers on his wall.

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

23. We should start a Send the front cover campaign

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:33 AM

Aug 2018

To the WH !!!! That would be funny

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

30. The cool part is he can't run from these Time covers

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #15)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:46 AM

Aug 2018

Now every time he sees a Time magazine in his collection he’ll think of these whether he wants to or not. So will everyone he shows his collection to!

One of his braggadocio ego boosters has been ruined forever! People will snicker now!

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)

35. His humiliation that we're all laughing at him makes me smile.

Reply to lunatica (Reply #30)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:03 AM

Aug 2018

He's "winning" at being the biggest buffoon this country has ever had the misfortune of producing.

Congratulations, A+ on that one.

apkhgp

(1,068 posts)

49. I would give him

Reply to flibbitygiblets (Reply #35)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:09 PM

Aug 2018

an A+ Bigly on that one.

gordianot

(15,245 posts)

26. They got the tie just right but the hands are too large.

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Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:40 AM

Aug 2018

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Gothmog

(145,631 posts)

33. Evolution of Time covers

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 09:58 AM

Aug 2018

Link to tweet

Paladin

(28,276 posts)

36. Way too many sheets of paper on his desk. (nt)

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:24 AM

Aug 2018

progressoid

(49,999 posts)

38. But they're all blank. Just like at his press conference.

Reply to Paladin (Reply #36)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 10:48 AM

Aug 2018

?itok=ATgercvZ

demmiblue

(36,898 posts)

39. He does seem to love paper:

Reply to progressoid (Reply #38)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 11:06 AM

Aug 2018

Grammy23

(5,815 posts)

40. And when this long nightmare ends ....

Reply to demmiblue (Original post)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 11:11 AM

Aug 2018

Will he do a cover with trump’s lifeless corpse floating, surrounded by turds and the bodies of all the people who will untimately go down because of him?? As the conclusion to his series. There is not enough room on the cover to include tRump, his cronies and a large hunk of Congress. But at least the infestation will be gone.....a girl can dream, can’t she??

apkhgp

(1,068 posts)

48. I am dreaming too

Reply to Grammy23 (Reply #40)

Thu Aug 23, 2018, 08:07 PM

Aug 2018

For the last three years I have wanted to see that guy go down,
The Repukelicans in the Debates could not take him down.
He needed Russian criminal interference to put him in the White House.
The Investigation is uncovering all of the criminal activity and our whole nation can live better everyday.

BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)

52. That is exactly how I visualized the final cover in

Reply to Grammy23 (Reply #40)

Fri Aug 24, 2018, 03:21 AM

Aug 2018

the series too. I was an illustrator. The artist will be able to do it...he has talent. I hope there is a little Hillary throwing paper towels at him like he did in PR after the hurricane. Maybe the next one, before he actually drowns, will be of him sitting in a boat without paddles and all his former enablers are treading water around him.