Donald Trump's Final Flight Out Of D.C. Gets The New Yorker Treatment

The president is plucked from the White House in artist Barry Blitt’s cover illustration for the magazine.

The New Yorker bids farewell to President Donald Trump with the magazine’s new cover.

Trump is carried away by a bald eagle — America’s national bird — in artist Barry Blitt’s illustration for the Jan. 25 issue.

Blitt’s artwork, below, is titled: “A Weight Lifted.”

This week’s cover, “A Weight Lifted,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/A1MIcNEmZD pic.twitter.com/z3lsCvDL5f
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 18, 2021

Twitter users cheered Blitt’s cover illustration:

Mar a Lago is due for some eagle droppings in 3-2-1... https://t.co/QEwTSMg854
— Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) January 19, 2021

Love it... ❣️ pic.twitter.com/IWvzWNlEst
— Holly Lee (@LeeHolly81) January 18, 2021

https://t.co/oE9d7dFvws pic.twitter.com/3IbHgAxYfQ
— Dr. Sarah "Practically Famous" Parcak (@indyfromspace) January 18, 2021

It joins Blitt’s other pieces documenting the Trump White House:

An early look at next week's cover, "Closing In," by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/M3GBdpnnoR pic.twitter.com/d9CIEt61H9
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) August 24, 2018

An early look at next week's cover, "Grounded," by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/s69MRATPBh pic.twitter.com/lzAuhyzE8g
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) July 14, 2017

An early look at next week's cover, “Anything But That,” by Barry Blitt: https://t.co/Q8jauEVSzs pic.twitter.com/GYNa3xR1JM
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 4, 2016

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