--- title: See Donald Trump's Many Magazine Covers description: A gallery of a number of different publications, including TIME, that have featured the Republican candidate on the cover. canonical: https://time.com/4471113/donald-trump-magazine-covers/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-02T20:15:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T03:22:52.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: The Many Magazine Covers of Donald Trump og:description: See the different publications that have featured Trump on the cover og:url: https://time.com/4471113/donald-trump-magazine-covers/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b1167bb34e35617/6988a4c297cdff7a866adb0c/donald-trump-covers-triptych.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2041 og:image:height: 1148 og:image:alt: donald-trump-covers-triptych og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: The Many Magazine Covers of Donald Trump twitter:description: See the different publications that have featured Trump on the cover twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2b1167bb34e35617/6988a4c297cdff7a866adb0c/donald-trump-covers-triptych.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # The Many (Magazine) Faces of Donald Trump > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:22 AM UTCPublished: Sep 2, 2016 8:15 PM UTC  New York Magazine; TIME; Esquire by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:22 AM UTCPublished: Sep 2, 2016 8:15 PM UTC Donald Trump loves being on the cover of magazines. The walls of his Manhattan office are filled with framed magazine covers from years past, but now that he’s running for president, “I have so many that I can’t put them up,” Trump [told the Washington _Post_](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/08/11/donald-trump-should-hate-this-time-magazine-cover-but-hell-probably-hang-it-in-his-office/). Even if there’s no room on his walls for more frames, Trump still touts his coverage. “You know, I think I was on the cover of TIME Magazine twice in my life and like six times in the last number of months,” he said at a press conference in July. “So you tell me, which is more important, real estate or politics, OK?” As Trump aged, he has evolved in the eyes of the media from a lothario (his _Playboy_ cover hangs prominently in his office) to a real estate mogul, a reality television star and, as of June 16, 2015, a candidate for President of the United States. And he would probably be the first to say that the best way to look at him through the years is on the covers of magazines.  President-elect Donald Trump, Person of the Year 2016, photographed at his penthouse on the 66th floor of Trump Tower in New York City on Nov. 28. Photograph by Nadav Kander for TIME  President-elect Donald Trump addresses supporters at his victory night party at 2:52 a.m. on Nov. 9 in New York City. 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