An image circulating online in late April and early May 2025 authentically showed a Time magazine cover featuring the words, “Hey, Donald” and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holding up his middle finger.
Unpacking claim Time magazine cover shows Mark Carney giving Trump the middle finger
The image of the Canadian prime minister supposedly flipping off the U.S. president spread widely after Carney’s election victory in late April 2025.
An image supposedly showing a Time magazine cover featuring Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney giving U.S. President Donald Trump the middle finger circulated online in late April and early May 2025.
The Canadian leader — who was sworn in as prime minister in March after being elected as leader of the Liberal Party and who won the federal election at the end of April — appeared to be wearing a ring adorned with his country’s flag, and the cover headline read: “Hey, Donald.”
Globalist stooge Mark Carney seen here next to Epstein Pimp’s Ghislaine Maxwell… Is he a pedophile as well? You betcha.
Prince Andrew is pictured with his arm around Virginia Giuffre (who has just been SUICIDED!) Maxwell is seen in background
The alleged cover appeared on X (archived) and Threads (archived) in May, while another X user’s post from April featuring the image had amassed more than 7.7 million views (archived). The image also appeared on Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Reddit (archived), where one user wrote: “I hope this is the Real Time Magazine cover.”
However, it was not an authentic Time magazine cover. The image had been digitally created and a spokesperson for the outlet said it was not real; therefore, we rated it as a fake.
A reverse image search on Google showed that the picture began circulating in late April 2025, around the time of Carney’s electoral victory.
Browsing Time magazine’s archive page revealed that no such cover had been published in April or May 2025 or earlier. A spokesperson for the outlet also said via email: “This image is not an authentic TIME cover.”
The earliest iteration of the image found via Google came from a Bluesky user called Mediocre Meme Lord who posted the fake cover on April 25, 2025 (archived). Snopes contacted the user to ask whether the user created the image. We will update this article if we receive a response. The Bluesky user regularly posts images featuring politicians that have clearly been generated using artificial intelligence software. However, as of this writing, it was not possible to confirm who had originally posted or created the fake Time cover.
I’m calling it. Good job Canada, I’m proud of you.
#FuckTrump #ElbowsUp #MarkCarney @markcarneyforpm.bsky.social #CanadaStrong— Mediocre Meme Lord (@cluesblues.bsky.social) 2025年4月25日 21:50
In fact, numerous AI-detection tools, such as Hive Moderation and Detect AI Images, concluded that there was a significant chance the cover was created using AI software.
If Time magazine had published such a cover, it would have been eminently newsworthy. However, a Google News search produced no evidence of any news media outlets reporting on it.
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