FACT CHECK: Econ­o­mist Cov­er Of Trump And Putin Is Fake

An image shared on Face­book claims to show a cov­er from The Econ­o­mist of Pres­i­dent-elect Don­ald Trump and Russ­ian strong­man Vladimir Putin.

Ver­dict: False

The Econ­o­mist did not pub­lish any such cov­er.

Fact Check:

Social media users are claim­ing to show a pub­lished cov­er of The Econ­o­mist that warns of “Apoc­a­lypse” with Putin and Trump in the image.

“‘The Econ­o­mist’ warms up the audi­ence with apoc­a­lyp­tic images. But what does Trump have to do with it if Biden’s gang is start­ing a nuclear war? Appar­ent­ly, this is what they are going to leave Trump as an inher­i­tance,” reads one user’s post.

There is no evi­dence that the Econ­o­mist pub­lished this cov­er. Check Your Fact reviewed the Economist’s web­site and did not find any such cov­er, with the most recent cov­er show­ing Argen­tin­ian Pres­i­dent Javier Milei. The Economist’s most recent cov­er fea­tur­ing Trump was titled “Wel­come to Trump’s World” and does not have Putin there.

The most recent cov­er fea­tur­ing both Trump and Putin is from Feb­ru­ary 2024. It was titled “Is Europe Ready” and does not show any of the sto­ries that are list­ed on the fake Econ­o­mist cov­er. Fur­ther­more, the post’s fake Econ­o­mist cov­er fea­tures sev­er­al typos, which adds to the evi­dence that it is not gen­uine.

Log­i­cal­ly Facts also debunked the claim. (RELATED: No, Elon Musk Did Not Announce A Water-Pow­ered Car Engine)