Time magazine's Donald Trump "Person of the Year" cover has hidden messages?

You cannot unsee the image after you discover it.

Jonathan Lim | December 08, 2016, 11:44 AM

TIME magazine has given its annual Person of the Year accolade to Donald Trump.

The magazine's cover photograph features President Elect Trump with the words "President of the Disunited States of America".

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Perhaps more interesting is that since the release of the photograph, many publications have proffered the theory that the photograph hides a hidden message.

Not sure what it is? Let's zoom it in for you:

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Trump's head placed under the letter 'M' makes it look like he has horns.

Singapore artist Miel, whose works usually appear on our newspapers offers a better analysis:

Others have also pointed out that the chair used by Trump in the photograph is similar in style with the chair that Time used in a cover photograph of Hitler in 1941:

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Here's an analysis by Emily Keegin writing for music magazine Fader:

When seen side by side the similarity between these two images, above, is striking — the shadow against the wall, the mimicked gestures, and far away gaze. Even the monotone nature of the images is important here. Notice the way the walls match the color of the suits. There is a symmetry here that is hard to believe was accidental.

For receiving the "Person of the Year" award, Trump called his selection a "tremendous honor".

Of course we can be over-analysing things, because the TIME horns had been given to former US Presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Pope Francis.

Though some of them look they are wearing Mickey Mouse ears and not the Devil horns.

Source: Twitter. Source: Twitter.

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