Donald Trump tweets bizarre, amateurish spoof of Ted Cruz book cover


There are all sorts of strange wonders to behold in Donald Trump's Twitter feed, and he added to the collection Wednesday morning when he tweeted out an altered image of Ted Cruz's book, A Time for Truth, unsubtly re-titled A Time to Lie:
The cover appears to have first been tweeted by @bigop1 — it is unclear if the user created it him or herself, or reposted it from somewhere else. Regardless, while the Photoshop job is a little crude, the creator gets credit for this: They are spot-on in mimicking Donald Trump's voice.
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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.
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