“It's a beheading of democracy, a beheading of a sacred symbol,” Rodriguez told the paper in defending the illustration. “And clearly, lately, what's associated with beheadings is ISIS, so there's a comparison” between the ISIS extremist group and Trump. The cover accompanies a story on the Trump administration and White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, according to the Washington Times. Last month, Trump said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, staunch ally of President Obama, had made a "catastrophic mistake" with her open-door migration policy. The newswire reported that no one at the U.S. embassy in Berlin was available for comment about the Der Spiegel cover.

Source: Fox News February 04, 2017 15:22 UTC