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New York Post cover shows Trump swept up in a ‘Blue Tsunami’ after midterm elections
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The New York Times, HuffPost and The Daily Beast report that the New York Post’s Wednesday edition showed President Donald Trump being engulfed by a wave under the headline ‘BLUE TSUNAMI’. The cover adapts Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’ and carries the subheadline ‘Trump suffers historic rebuke as Dems romp in midterms’. The outlets say the cover ran after Democrats were projected to regain control of the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections. The Times reports that some in Japan were bothered by the imagery.
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The New York Post’s Wednesday edition showed Trump being engulfed by a wave under the headline ‘BLUE TSUNAMI’.
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- HuffPost, The Daily Beast
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- The New York Times
The cover adapted Katsushika Hokusai’s woodblock print ‘The Great Wave off Kanagawa’.
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- HuffPost, The Daily Beast
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- The New York Times
Democrats were projected to regain control of the House and Senate in the 2026 midterm elections.
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The Post’s subheadline read ‘Trump suffers historic rebuke as Dems romp in midterms’.
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- HuffPost, The Daily Beast
Some in Japan were bothered by the imagery, the Times reports.
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Left-side outlets report that the New York Post ran a cover showing Trump swept away by a ‘Blue Tsunami’ after Democrats’ midterm gains. HuffPost and The Daily Beast stress the paper turning on Trump, while The New York Times focuses on reactions in Japan.
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3 outlets
Far Left outlets frame the cover as the pro-Trump paper turning on him with combative wording, while the Times headline focuses on reactions in Japan to the imagery.
Pro-Trump New York Post Loaded verb“Unleashes”The word presents the publication of a cover as an attack, which the headline does not need to report the cover.More neutral: publishesDisagree with this highlight? A ‘Blue Tsunami’ On President In Striking Front Page
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savagedblisteringmockingBrutal
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In the outlets’ own words
Loaded verb
savagedMore neutral: criticized
The verb describes the cover as an assault on the president, a judgement beyond what the cover itself shows.
A newspaper Donald Trump once called his favorite has savaged the president with a brutal front page after a blue wave swept across America.
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
blisteringMore neutral: critical
The adjective adds drama and a judgement about the cover’s force.
The conservative tabloid rubbed salt in Trump’s wounds with a blistering cover mocking the GOP’s midterm wipeout.
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
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mockingMore neutral: showing
The verb attributes an intent to ridicule to the cover, which the description does not establish.
The conservative tabloid rubbed salt in Trump’s wounds with a blistering cover mocking the GOP’s midterm wipeout.
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
Sensational language
BrutalMore neutral: critical
The adjective adds a judgement about the cover’s intent and force that the headline does not need to report the cover.
Trump’s Favorite Paper Twists the Knife With Brutal Front Page
Used byThe Daily Beast (Far Left)
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UnleashesMore neutral: publishes
The word presents the publication of a cover as an attack, which the headline does not need to report the cover.
Pro-Trump New York Post Unleashes A ‘Blue Tsunami’ On President In Striking Front Page
Used byHuffPost (Far Left)
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3 outletsLeads with
- Trump’s humiliation on the cover
- A pro-Trump paper turning on him
- The blue wave as a historic rebuke
- Reaction in Japan to the imagery
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Everyone’s Talking About the ‘Blue Tsunami.’ In Japan, It’s Complicated.
The New York Post used a Hokusai work to depict Donald Trump being swept away by Democrats’ midterm election win. Some in Japan were bothered by the imagery.
- HuffPostFar Left
Pro-Trump New York Post Loaded verb“Unleashes”The word presents the publication of a cover as an attack, which the headline does not need to report the cover.More neutral: publishesDisagree with this highlight? A ‘Blue Tsunami’ On President In Striking Front Page
“Trump suffers historic rebuke as Dems romp in midterms,” the subheadline read in the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid.
- The Daily BeastFar Left
Trump’s Favorite Paper Twists the Knife With Sensational language“Brutal”The adjective adds a judgement about the cover’s intent and force that the headline does not need to report the cover.More neutral: criticalDisagree with this highlight? Front Page
A newspaper Donald Trump once called his favorite has Loaded verb“savaged”The verb describes the cover as an assault on the president, a judgement beyond what the cover itself shows.More neutral: criticizedDisagree with this highlight? the president with a brutal front page after a blue wave swept across America. The Wednesday edition of Rupert Murdoch’s New York Post depicts the president being engulfed by a massive wave in an edited version of The …
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The Daily Beast, Nov 4, 4:57 AM EST
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- The Daily BeastFar LeftNov 4, 4:57 AM EST
- HuffPostFar LeftNov 4, 5:17 AM EST
- The New York TimesLeftNov 5, 6:48 AM EST
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