Time Magazine's Trump Cover with Migrant Child Goes Viral
Time magazine's June 21, 2018 cover features a collage of President Donald Trump looming over a crying Honduran toddler, with the caption 'Welcome to America.' The image, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph by John Moore, shows a two-year-old asylum seeker stopped with her mother at the US-Mexico border. The cover went viral, becoming a symbol of the 'zero tolerance' policy that separated migrant children from their families. An estimated 2,000 children were affected. First Lady Melania Trump visited detained children on her own initiative, breaking with her husband's policy. The article also compares the Time cover to a recent L'Espresso cover juxtaposing Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini with activist Aboubakar Soumahoro, titled 'Uomini e No.' The piece discusses the role of media and propaganda in politics, referencing Trump's communication strategy and the upcoming US midterm elections on November 6.
Key facts
- Time magazine cover dated June 21, 2018
- Cover shows Donald Trump and a crying Honduran toddler with caption 'Welcome to America'
- Based on John Moore's Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph
- Image went viral and became a topic trend on social media
- Estimated 2,000 migrant children separated from families under 'zero tolerance' policy
- Melania Trump visited detained children on her own initiative
- L'Espresso cover features Matteo Salvini and Aboubakar Soumahoro with title 'Uomini e No'
- US midterm elections scheduled for November 6, 2018
Entities
Artists
- John Moore
- Helga Marsala
Institutions
- Time
- Getty Images
- L'Espresso
- Artribune
- White House
- Air Force One
- US Department of Justice
- US Department of Homeland Security
- US Department of Health and Human Services
Locations
- United States
- Mexico
- Honduras
- US-Mexico border
- Calabria
- Italy
- Palermo
- Rome