Other fabricated Time magazine covers drew from real-world tensions. For instance, a viral image compared Russian President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler on what appeared to be a Time cover.

An image circulating online in late April 2025 authentically showed a Time magazine cover featuring the words "Hey, Donald" and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney holding up his middle finger.

Time magazine did not publish a 2023 cover with the headline “Killer of the Year” showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as depicted in social media posts. Reuters did not find any ...

Social media users pointed out how the Time Magazine cover eerily predicted the exact situation in which the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump took place. Captioned 'In trouble', the ...