The magazine released the would-be cover, titled "The First" and created by artist Malika Favre, on its website Wednesday after the release of Clinton's new memoir -- "What Happened" -- and New Yorker editor David Remnick's interview with the former first lady and secretary of state.
This is the cover we would have published had Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump: https://t.co/Qc8hQUjefa pic.twitter.com/0bL2dcvaRz
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 13, 2017
Trump’s victory obviously trumped that cover idea. Instead, the magazine ran a cover illustrated by artist Bob Staake called “The Wall,” a reference to Trump’s campaign promises to curb immigration and build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.
An early look at next week's cover, “The Wall,” by Bob Staake: https://t.co/f9qJvRniou pic.twitter.com/u6RQRfQsI1
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 11, 2016
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