Time magazine’s latest cover morphs Trump, Putin’s faces; Twitterati say ‘it’s outright creepy’

The July cover is a highlight of the controversial summit that took place between the two world leaders in Helsinki, Finland, earlier this week. The US President faced backlash when he went on to disagree with the U.S. intelligence officials, who had concluded that Russia had meddled in the 2016 presidential election.

TIME’s new cover: Trump wanted a summit with Putin. He got way more than he bargained for https://t.co/sUu9gGKmmP pic.twitter.com/qq6iOjlis1

— TIME (@TIME) July 19, 2018

This is not the first time the magazine has mocked the US President on its cover and it did not take long for people to figure out Time’s stand on the current issue as well. Interestingly, the merged image of the two leaders has scared many people on social media. While some thanked the magazine for giving them ‘nightmares’, others wrote that the cover showed ‘reality’.

Thanks for the nightmares. Nicholas Cage a shoo-in to play Trumputin on screen

— James Etheridge (@JamesOfFinland) July 19, 2018

You’ve done it this time TIME! This is outright creepy, as reflects the reality.

— Rachel Ellner (@RaqElle) July 19, 2018

Strong work creating that nightmare factory. It haunts like the “The Ring”. Watch it once, and in 7 days Democracy dies unless you convince 5 people to vote.

— Justin Etheridge (@ShanksponyRVA) July 19, 2018

#DonTheCon pic.twitter.com/4wEoeQM9Sx

— Chris B. (@Chris_0_0_7) July 19, 2018

Only @TIME can improve perfection,a very tall order to achieve consistently😊,what a cover(up)😀

— tapesh bagati (@tapeshbagati) July 19, 2018

@time never fails to surprise me. Genius and scary at the same time

— Matt (@84Meti) July 19, 2018

Earlier this week, Trump and Putin had held a joint press conference, where Trump had refuted the conclusions made by U.S. intelligence officials’ that Russia meddled in 2016 presidential election.