For President Donald Trump, time is more than just a social construct. Apparently, Time is an artistic rendition.

On Tuesday evening, a Time spokeswoman asked the Trump organization to remove a Time magazine cover featuring Donald Trump, looking defiant with his arms crossed, from the president's golfing clubs.

Why?

Because the cover wasn’t real.

Earlier that day, The Washington Post broke news of the phony cover and reported that it had been hung in at least four of Trump's 17 golf clubs. There are also two in Trump's resort in Doral, Fla., one sharing wall space with 11 other framed magazines that feature Trump, a Trump family member or a Trump golf course. One final impostor hangs in Champions, the sports bar at the Doral resort, facing a real Fortune magazine cover from 2004.

There is a beautiful irony in the man who continually rants about the "dishonest" media using a fabricated piece of journalism in his decorating.

This discovery wouldn’t be a big deal (people hang faux magazine covers, often given as gag gifts, in their homes all the time) if it hadn’t been hung among actual magazine covers, and if the president weren't constantly and aggressively attempting to erode the credibility of the media every day.

In the past 24 hours, Trump has tweeted four times about "fake news," capitalizing on CNN's retraction of its story about a member of the Trump transition team meeting with a Russian investment fund four days before the inauguration.

So they caught Fake News CNN cold, but what about NBC, CBS & ABC? What about the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost? They are all Fake News! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 27, 2017

He also retweeted several posts from Fox either praising him or condemning other media outlets or the Democrats.

It's simply more propaganda to tout support for his agenda, inflate his ego and demolish any opposition. To him, news that doesn’t align with his views is deemed fake, when in reality, Trump is a seasoned veteran at stretching the truth for the sake of his vanity.

The fake cover, dated March 1, 2009, features a headline that says “Donald Trump: The ‘Apprentice’ is a television smash!” and above the nameplate, another headline reads “TRUMP IS HITTING ON ALL FRONTS ... EVEN TV!”

There was no March 1, 2009, issue of Time magazine, and the March 2 issue from that year featured Kate Winslet.

In fact, there was no issue of Time magazine featuring Trump on the cover that year at all. His only cover prior to getting into politics was in January 1989, even though, according to The Washington Post, he was quoted in a 2016 interview saying he and Time were practically two peas in a pod.

"I think I was on the cover of Time magazine twice in my life and like six times in the last number of months," Trump said. "I have six for politics and I have two for real estate or whatever they put me on for."

Seems like the president’s count was a bit off.

He's been in similar situations before, such as when Trump admitted he didn't have tapes of his conversation with former FBI Director James Comey, despite having implied otherwise.

In fact, the president has fed the public baseless alternative facts so many times that The New York Times has created a database of lies he's told.

This phony magazine cover ties into the narrative of a man unable to come to terms with the fact that his actions, and the consequences of his actions, will not always yield positive feedback. Instead of allowing the public to come to their own conclusions, he’s ignited a full-on battle with the media, warning Americans to disregard everything they hear in the news.

But it's the job of the media to call into question the integrity of our politicians, and doing so doesn’t make the news fake.

If Trump is so opposed to fake news, shouldn't he refrain from taking part in any sort of fabricated media? Like, say, a faux magazine cover?

Sad.

Danya Issawi is an editorial intern with The Dallas Morning News. Email: danya.issawi@dallasnews.com

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