Newsweek Mocks 'Lazy Boy' Trump On New Cover

Updated August 3, 2017 at 11:54 PM

President Donald Trump won’t want to hang this uncomplimentary magazine cover at any of his golf clubs.

Newsweek depicted the president as a junk food-eating television addict on the front of its next issue, dated Aug. 11.

Under the headline “LAZY BOY,” the edited photo shows Trump slumped in a recliner with a remote control in one hand and a Diet Coke in the other. An open bag of Cheetos is perched on his lap while an empty McDonald’s hamburger carton is discarded on the floor.

Wow. The new cover of @Newsweek. https://t.co/NNELbxiBzY pic.twitter.com/KOTlN2zkfq
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 4, 2017

“Donald Trump is bored and tired,” the sub-headline reads. “Imagine how bad he’d feel if he did any work.”

Newsweek shared the cover on its home page late Thursday, two days after it published the cover story itself, which examined “America’s boy king” and his apparent lack of enthusiasm for the job.

The image went viral, sparking a myriad of responses:

Should also show Gen. Kelly behind the chair sneaking trump's cellphone away so trump can't tweet.
— Ms Cris Wmsn (@Crissypoo492) August 4, 2017

I wonder if he will hang this in his club house.
— Laura Wadleigh (@laura_wadleigh) August 4, 2017

#PresidentCouchPotato
— Indy Pendant (@IndyPendant1776) August 4, 2017

Me looking up how to subscribe tf to a magazine or newspaper whenever Trump slanders them pic.twitter.com/rpF7abDe8Y
— ᴋyᵣᵢₑ swₑᵣᵥᵢɴg (@thats_so_payton) August 4, 2017

They even got the Big Mac container on the floor
— Alt-Maybe This Year (@2B_Painfree) August 4, 2017

This is great, @newsweek but isn't he a little too...healthy looking? pic.twitter.com/bNcBQBv6q5
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) August 4, 2017

He will attack them and call them a failed magazine in 5...4...3...2....
— Trina🌺 (@RedVinoPlease) August 4, 2017

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— darth:™ (@darth) August 4, 2017

Newsweek has no more damns left to give about trump. 😂😂😂
— Tall Black Girl (@TallGirl6262) August 4, 2017

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— laShanda (@libragirl75) August 4, 2017

only thing missing is the ice cream
— Shelley Leveridge (@shelleybokc) August 4, 2017

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— Puttin Tane (@PuttinTane) August 4, 2017

Best representation of 45 I've seen.. I would have added past due bills on floor...
— Helguera (@KikaBenito) August 4, 2017

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— Ser_Milady (@SerMilady) August 4, 2017

Replace remote control with a phone on twitter mode.
Tv set permanently to FOX anyways.
— NotInCanadasInterest (@NotinCanada) August 4, 2017

Newsweek like... pic.twitter.com/caqYDfHavK
— Ernie Cruz (@CSUKtown) August 4, 2017

OMG. It would be really funny if he did take out the desk in the oval office and just had the lazy boy and big TV.
— Derwin Gonzalez (@gonzalezderwin) August 4, 2017