TIME magazine eerily depicted Donald Trump going downhill on a golf course just days before an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf course.
The cover, released on September 11, showed the former president in a golf course next to the words, ‘In Trouble.’
The accompanying story was titled, How Kamala Harris knocked Donald Trump off course, and discussed how the Democrat ‘rattled’ Trump during their presidential debate in Philadelphia last week.
The cover, which has been removed from their magazine’s cover vault, was published just days before Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt.
The story did not mention any past or future attempt on Trump’s life, but following Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt, many on social media have pointed out to the Time cover, highlighting the bizarre timing for the cover art.
TIME magazine eerily depicted Donald Trump going downhill on a golf course just days before an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf course
Laura Boomer, a conspiracy theorist that has become a common presence alongside Trump, suggested without evidence that the magazine could have somehow known about
‘Coincidence? Or coordination?’ Boomer wrote.
‘On 9/11, Time Magazine posted this cover of their paper for this month. It’s a photo of Donald Trump on the golf course with the words “In Trouble”.
‘Did they have advance knowledge of the attempted assassination of President Trump today at his golf club in West Palm Beach FL!?!’
Another X user wrote: ‘TIME had an opportunity to use Donald Trump’s famous photograph for the cover of their magazine a couple of months ago – but didn’t, they cowered down instead.
‘It’s shameful that a once iconic publication is so one sided. What bad TIME-ing for this cover. They should change this one too.’
The cover was published just days before Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt. Trump pictured in December 2023
The famous Libs of TikTok shared the September cover on X and added: ‘TIME Magazine a few days ago. Today someone tried to kiII Trump.’
On Sunday, Secret Service agents stationed a few holes up from where Trump was playing noticed the muzzle of an AK-style rifle sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course, roughly 400 yards away.
An agent fired and the gunman dropped the rifle and fled in an SUV, leaving the firearm behind along with two backpacks, a scope used for aiming and a GoPro camera, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said. The man was later stopped by law enforcement in a neighboring county.
It was the latest jarring moment in a campaign year marked by unprecedented upheaval. On July 13, Trump was shot during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a bullet grazed his ear. Eight days later, Democratic President Joe Biden withdrew from the race, giving way for Vice President Kamala Harris to become the party’s nominee.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, is in custody after he allegedly pointed an AK-47 at the former president while he was playing golf on Sunday
Routh ran into his vehicle from the trees, but was spotted by a witness who snapped a picture of his vehicle
And it spawned new questions about Secret Service protective operations after the agency’s admitted failures in preventing the assassination attempt this summer.
The man who was detained had a calm, flat demeanor and showed little emotion when he was stopped, according Martin County Sheriff William Snyder.
In an email to supporters, Trump said: ‘There were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I AM SAFE AND WELL!’
He wrote: ‘Nothing will slow me down. I will NEVER SURRENDER!’
He returned to Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Palm Beach where he lives, according to a person familiar with Trump’s movements who was not authorized to discuss them publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.