Overview
- Time released an alternative Nov. 10 cover titled "Trump's World," showing the president at the Hayes desk with his hands clasped under his chin.
- Multiple outlets and social media users noted visual similarities to Arnold Newman’s 1963 portrait of German industrialist and convicted war criminal Alfried Krupp.
- Time issued a categorical denial of any connection, saying claims of a reference are "completely untrue" and that the shoot drew on past presidential portraits.
- Photographer Stephen Voss reportedly liked, then appeared to remove a like on an Instagram comment asking if the image referenced Newman’s Krupp portrait, and he has not publicly commented.
- The new cover follows Trump’s public condemnation of Time’s earlier low-angle "His Triumph" image, and some coverage also cites recent pro-Trump remarks by Time owner Marc Benioff for context.