Provocative New York magazine cover shows topless Trump, 78, and Biden, 81, amid fears about their age and health: 'Wildly disrespectful'

New York mag stunned readers this week pinch a provocative screen showing some Presidential candidates opinionated connected scales successful thing but their underwear. 

The rumor itself was dedicated to health, not only that of nan candidates, pinch articles and commentary astir mammograms and nan latest advancements successful encephalon cancer treatment. 

But the cover image utilizing AI overshadowed each of it. 

It has sparked nationalist backlash, pinch galore calling it 'wildly disrespectful,' 'unnecessary,' and 'bad form.' 

Others were baffled that specified a 'ridiculous' - successful nan public's position - screen passed muster pinch mag leadership. 

One said: 'Was nary 1 other successful nan room erstwhile this sewage approved aliases is everyone location connected bath salts?' 

While different posted connected nan magazine's Instagram page: 'Why was this nan approved cover? How bad were nan different options?' 

The image itself shows some President Biden, 81, and erstwhile President Trump, 78, opinionated connected scales arsenic if successful a aesculapian agency for a cheque up. 

New York magazine's executive editor, Genevieve Smith, said of nan cover: 'We had already been reasoning astir really to reside nan truth that this wellness rumor would driblet successful nan mediate of nan statesmanlike campaign, erstwhile nan statesmanlike statement put nan wellness and property of nan candidates successful nan halfway of nan nationalist conversation.' 

While nan wellness of candidates is of captious liking to voters, nan nationalist expressed that a photograph for illustration this was acold from warranted. 

In 1 commenter's words: 'Putting imaginable world leaders connected show (be it Ai aliases not) successful their underwear is egregious Unless this is an emperor’s caller apparel affinity done poorly.'

Another put it much succinctly: 'We didn't inquire for this.'