TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Donald Trump in Der Spiegel Covers

Saturday, June 3, 2017

Donald Trump in Der Spiegel Covers

A friend in Germany called my attention to the covers of Der Spiegel featuring US President Trump.

Der Spiegel is a leading German weekly news magazine, published in Hamburg, with a weekly circulation of 840,000.

The April 2017 cover above -- my favorite -- depicts an image that melds the faces of Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. The title means "Double Agent" although some one suggested it's a play on words between "Doppelagent" (double agent) and "regent" ( ruler, sovereign).

The "beheading cover" was created by Edel Rodriguez an American of Cuban descent who was angered by President Trump's executive order temporarily banning entry into the US from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugees. Here is an article about the "beheading cover."

The cover above came out in December 11, 2016 showing the head of Trump, burning furiously on its path to destroy the earth.

The cover above came out after Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Agreement. The image shows Trump giving the Earth a big whack with his golf club.

Like many, I am deeply concerned at news both in the US and the Philippines, news that saps my energy. I mention this as a way of explaining why I have not been blogging as often. I will try to do better.

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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.