'Time' morphs Trump and Putin's faces in horrifying cover you'll never unsee

Shield your eyes.
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Nicole Gallucci
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Holy shit, Time. Good morning to you, too.

The magazine known for responding to Trump's every move with striking cover art is back at it, dropping a real doozy of an image following Trump and Vladimir Putin's joint press conference and Summit in Helsinki, Finland.

On Thursday, Time revealed perhaps the single most terrifying face morph ever to exist, which imagines Trump and Putin as one single no good very bad human being.

The magazine also tweeted an animated version of the cover, which shows the transition from the U.S. president to Russian Prime Minister.

The chilling cover accompanies an article titled, "Trump wanted a summit with Putin. He got way more than he bargained for," in which Brian Bennett examine's Trump's loyalty to both Russia and the United States.

Needless to say, people were horrified by the face morph — but many noted the fact that the cover is even more terrifying because it so closely reflects reality.

On Monday, Trump stood beside Putin and publicly supported Russia by refusing to acknowledge the country had interfered in America's 2016 election. Then, after his actions were met with a massive amount of backlash, he claimed to have misspoken and attempted to reverse his earlier statement.

While many people remain horrified by Trump's relationship with Russia, the president continues to tweet about the success of the Summit and even hinted at a second one.

The Time cover will appear in the magazine's July 30, 2018 issue.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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