Making America great again?

A Newsweek editor admitted that the infamous Hillary Clinton 'Madam President' issue was not proof read before being shipped out, and no one on the staff at the magazine had any hand in writing it.Appearing on Tucker Carlson Tonight, Newsweek political editor Matt Cooper attempted to defend the fact that Newsweek printed and shipped out commemorative issues declaring Hillary Clinton the next US President, days before the election even took place.The outlet even had Hillary sign some of the 125,000 copies of the magazine, which in its introduction labeled Trump supporters as "deplorable" and described his campaign as "fear and hate-based conservatism".

Cooper admitted to Carlson that he personally did not read the content of the issue before it was sent out, and neither did anyone on his staff. What's more, none of them even know who wrote the thing. "The writing in this is, shall we say, not up to the editorial standards of Newsweek," Cooper said, adding "no one on our staff wrote it. We subcontract out to a company."

"But when you read it before it went out, what did you say?" Carlson asked.

"Well, no, we didn't [read it]," Cooper replied. "We subcontract these commemorative issues to a company … so it's sort of been done on a separate track, and we did not review it before it went out."

Carlson asked what would've happened if the subcontractor printed something insane like the writings of Hitler, and then sent it out under the Newsweek banner, without the staff proof reading it."Well, if they had reprinted Mein Kampf, that would be even worse," Cooper admitted, claiming that in future the magazine will work harder to review the content being printed in such issues. (Try not to laugh - the copies of this issue of Newsweek are now a collector's item and worth thousands of dollars if you can get hold of a copy).

The internet is a veritable joke treasure-trove of editorials written in anticipation of Hillary Clinton winning.

Here's Marin Cogan (contributing editor, New York Magazine) in a piece prepared for Vox.com:

Hillary Clinton's victory is historic - a triumph that should not be overlooked. It marks the end of centuries of exclusion of women from the nation's top job. Even more remarkable was the way she won it: by running as a woman, who championed policies aimed at women, against an avatar of reactionary sexism. She won under politically tainted investigation, in spite of plenty of legitimate criticism, and in the face of an incredible amount of sexism. In voting for her, Americans rejected Donald Trump's old, macho vision of leadership and embraced a new paradigm, one that values not only a new style of leadership but also a policy outlook that prioritizes women and children.

That reference to Hillary Clinton prioritizing children suggests Cogan did not concentrate on her willingness to have babies aborted up to one day before their due date of birth by having their skulls crushed. There are hundreds of these third-trimester abortions in the USA.

Actually, Americans embraced a policy outlook that prioritizes America and Americans, something that does not seem to have dawned on our very own Paul Kelly, who writing in The Australian (30/11/16) asks "How will any Australian PM feel about standing next to Trump at a press conference?" Well I can understand that Bill Shorten if he is elected PM might feel a bit shaky after describing Trump as "barking mad", but I cannot see the urbane Malcolm Turnbull having any difficulty, and if he does, there are several worthy contenders such as Senator Cory Bernardi who would be happy to pose for a selfie with the Donald.

Rumour has it that a colleague was overheard dolefully asking President Obama in the Oval Office: "But what if Trump succeeds in making America great again?" Possibly an apocryphal tale, but we can hope.