People goes with a celebrity wedding this week, downgrading former president George H.W. Bush to a small headline in the top right corner. I'd be less surprised about this if John McCain hadn't gotten the full Dead Celebrity treatment a few weeks ago. I'd love to have been in the room this week when the editors decided between the dead president and the celebrity wedding. Fourteen years ago, Ronald Reagan also got a full Tribute cover:
Issue dated June 21, 2004
Last year at this time it was still all about newly engaged Meagan:
Issue dated December 18, 2017
Two years ago the Obamas were front and center, which gives me an opening to point out, again, that in the 25 months since the election, People has completely ignored Melania.
Issue dated December 19, 2016
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