Boston Globe prints fake Trump page
The mockup was published just three months before the Republican National Convention confirms the party's nominee.
Washington: A US newspaper has published a mockup of what a frontpage might look like should Republican frontrunner Donald Trump win the presidency, as it condemned his “deeply disturbing” and “profoundly un-American” vision.
“Deportations to begin, President Trump calls for tripling of ICE (immigration and customs enforcement); riots continue,” reads The Boston Globe's fake headline, dated 10 April, 2017.
It was posted on the editorial page, accompanied by a ruthless editorial article saying Trump’s campaign “demands an active and engaged opposition.” The mockup was published just three months before the Republican National Convention confirms the party’s nominee, with speculation growing over what Trump might do should he actually win the highest office in the land.
On the page are several articles, including one on US soldiers refusing to follow orders to kill the families of members of the so-called ISIS another on a Republican-controlled Congress passing a libel law targeting “absolute scum” in the press. A separate article details how Trump sparked a diplomatic crisis with China after naming his dog, a Shar-Pei, after Chinese First Lady Peng Liyuan.
“I don’t know why she’s so offended, I love cute puppies and I love women! It's not like I tweeted out a photo of a Rottweiler named (German Chancellor Angela) Merkel,” he was quoted as saying.
A note from the editor at the bottom of the page warns readers that “what you read on this page is what might happen if the GOP frontrunner can put his ideas into practice, his words into action.”
The accompanying editorial urges GOP to oppose Trump. “Trump's vision for the future of our nation is as deeply disturbing as it is profoundly un-American,” it said.