Wow ... they actually printed that first magazine cover ?

[eppur_se_muova]

I know it's Der Spiegel, but still ...

[Hekate]

1. Europeans know what they are watching & have been watching.

[DBoon]

3. They have had some experience with Fascism

[oasis]

2. I like that!

[SunSeeker]

4. Der Spiegel nailed it!

[gab13by13]

5. See the date,

April 2017 the Germans knew trump.

[k0rs]

14. EU convention

4 Feb 2017 actually. Not that it matters. Just another way the USA is out of step with the rest of the world.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. +1. Internationally aware people write it as 2017-02-04. . . nt

[Grins]

6. More than a year ago!

Why is this coming around again?

[Mopar151]

7. Good!!!!

Then, better now!

[babylonsister]

8. It's a good reminder, and the one-year anniversary. nt

[ShazzieB]

13. I can't remember I saw that second one last year or not.

But I think it's even more meaningful now that Biden’s been in office for over 10 months. A year ago, it was a statement of hope, but now it's reality!

[soldierant]

20. Because the second cover doesn't make sense,

or at least makes less sense, if you have forgotten the first one.

And it has definitly been long enough to have been widely forgotten. It's not like Trump** lampoons were limited in number.

[Orange Buffoon]

9. American Carnage.

[UTUSN]

10. The first sight in my brain was Kathy GRIFFIN's version.

[a kennedy]

18. Thought of her as well......

[NullTuples]

23. The timeline is interesting.

The cover was published in early April of 2017 and made a minor splash at the time.
Kathy Griffin posted her version on May 31st, 2017.

I salute them both, btw. Hers was also a reference to a long tradition in political protest art of a woman holding the decapitated head of an unliked powerful man of the time period.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

24. Another American assumes the world is American and that American Exceptionalism rules.

The first cover is February 4, 2017. This would be immediately apparent to people who know that America is actually out of step with most of the world on dates.

Won't get into 12 inches to foot here except to say that US shares non-metric measurements with Liberia and Myanmar. That's American exceptionalism.

The truly international date standard is to write it as 2017-02-04. Unambiguous, and sorting-ready.

[ShazzieB]

11. I remember that first cover!

The new one is awesome, an a beautiful tribute to Joe Biden.

[erronis]

15. The US general press is so afraid of insulting its owners

I didn't want to use MSM - main-stream media since that gets so overused but the overlap is probably 80-90%.

There is a lot of wonderful press outlets that aren't the ones that have been in the pocket of the owner class. Even these independent outlets are probably a bit hesitant to publish what Der Spiegel can. The american culture still has some puritanical elements, altho most of our current-day puritans are really as nasty as they come....

[Ka-Dinh Oy]

16. Hmmm, looks like Germany is not laughing at us or mistrusting us anymore.

Way to go Joe!!

[Lonestarblue]

17. We could learn a lot from Germany.

They faced Nazism and ensured at its children are taught its horrors. Hitler and Nazism are not whitewashed the way our history of slavery has been, nor I’m sure has any German history book ever praised Nazis as kind, loving people who did not treat the Jews badly. I believe it is actually illegal in Germany to praise Nazis.

In addition, Germany managed to hold on to most of its manufacturing jobs, in spite of high wages, by focusing on high-quality manufactured products the world wanted. Germany has been an economic success and the de facto leader of the EU. I think it is the only EU country with a trade surplus. I’m not familiar with the government policies that have led to Germany’s success, but we could learn from them.

[question everything]

19. The second cover is from July 2020 but it appears to be Biden restoring Lady Liberty

Before the elections...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. And another American thinks America Uber Alles. 11.07.20 is Nov. 7, 2020 in most of the world

Except America where many people have difficulty conceiving that they are actually out of step with the world in many ways.

It used to be USA led the world. Now it is holding back the world.

The truly international unambiguous standard is 2020-11-07.

[question everything]

25. oops. A matter of habit

[Bernardo de La Paz]

26. Okay. Habits can be changed or at least become less automatic. Good luck

And thanks for better graces than my post.

[ancianita]

27. Germany's message to American Nazis.