Germany’s weekly news magazine Der Spiegel has defended a highly controversial front cover on their latest issue, illustrating US President Donald Trump beheading the Statue of Liberty. The editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel, one of Europe’s largest weekly magazines, has also called on Germany “to build an alliance” against President Trump. my new cover art for @DerSPIEGEL magazine pic.twitter.com/Lz4KH8ySGx — Edel Rodriguez (@edelstudio) 3 February 2017 RT.com reports: “Der Spiegel does not want to provoke anybody,” Klaus Brinkbaumer, Der Spiegel editor-in-chief and the executive editor of Der Spiegel Online, told Reuters, adding that the media outlet is actually “defending democracy” in “serious times.” “We want to show what this is about, it’s about democracy, it’s about freedom, it’s about freedom of the press, freedom of justice and all that is seriously endangered,” he said, referring to the cover published on Saturday’s magazine. It featured the distinctive figure of Trump holding the bleeding head of the Statue of Liberty in one hand and a bloodstained knife in the other. “On our cover the American president beheads the symbol which has welcomed migrants and refugees to the United States since 1886, and with democracy and freedom,” Brinkbaumer told the German news agency DPA, [...]
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