Decades Later, 'Spy' Magazine Founders Continue To Torment Trump

February 17, 2023

Decades Later, 'Spy' Magazine Founders Continue To Torment TrumpSoon after its launch in 1986, the satirical magazine Spy picked Donald Trump as the brash embodiment of a crass age. Their humor at Spy echoes today: Their constant mockery of Trump as a "short-fingered vulgarian" reverberates in Marco Rubio's recent jibe that Trump has "small hands." On taking Trump seriously as a candidateCarter: People say, "Why haven't you done a big piece on Trump [for Vanity Fair]?" Andersen: [Trump] was operating from a different universe, like a cartoon character. On what happens in a Trump White HouseAndersen: Well, Graydon and I would share a bunk in the internment camp.