It's a Year From Now, and Trump is President: The Globe's Parody

BOSTON, MA — "Deportations to Begin: President Trump calls for tripling of ICE force; riots continue."

When Boston Globe subscribers picked up their Sunday paper, they may have blinked a couple of times when they flipped to the front page of the opinion section. Some may have suffered a mild panic attack.

The Globe published a parody of what the world would be like under a Donald Trump presidency, dating the issue April 9, 2017.

"President Trump has set in motion one of the most controversial campaign promises, calling on Congress to fund "massive deportation force" by tripling the number of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents," leads the article.

Sidebars focus on the stock market, stating, "Markets sink as trade war looms" and has US soldiers refusing to kill ISIS family members in another. A new libel law brought forth by a Republican Congress likens it to that of Great Britain's, subjecting journalists to high cost lawsuits. And, Trump's on the short list for the Nobel Peace Prize.

At a campaign rally in Rochester, NY, on Sunday, Trump responded to the mock Boston Globe cover, remarking, “How about that stupid Boston Globe? It’s worthless. It sold for a dollar,” reports CBS Boston.

Read the Globe's front page here.

What do you think? Do you think the Globe parody was a good idea? Do you think it hit the mark? Should it have been published? Share all your thoughts on it below in the comments section.