The media are something else. Trump has completely broken them, but they can't quit him because he's good for clicks.

They're also going to do everything they can to help Kamala Harris win.

But we're not sure The Atlantic is going to persuade voters in any meaningful way with this cover:

Whatever they intended, that's not how X users interpreted the cover.

It actually makes Trump seem kinda bada**, really.

Yeah, the symbolism here is not what they were going for, surely.

They're the ultimate NPCs.

The perfect meme for this.

Nope. Because they are the meme.

Heh.

We guarantee you it wasn't.

Good catch. You'd think the editors would know if they'd printed another cover without headlines or typography.

It's all performative.

And The Atlantic is mad about that.

It sure does.

They're so bad at this.

All of this.