Friday, July 17, 2026

NY Daily News Friday: ‘Trump to World Drop Dead’ Cover Evokes Famous 1975 Headline ‘Ford to City Drop Dead’

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amd-ford-to-city-jpgFriday’s cover of the New York Daily News reads: “Trump to World: Drop Dead.” It’s meant to evoke the famous Daily News cover from October 1975 when President Gerald Ford refused to step in and save New York from financial ruin. We got the last laugh on Ford– look at thriving New York now. And we’ll get the last laugh on Donald Trump, the most mocked politician in the world– by the world.

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Roger Friedman
Roger Friedman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Showbiz411. He wrote the FOX411 column on FoxNews.com from 1999 to 2009, where he covered Michael Jackson, and previously wrote the "Intelligencer" column at New York magazine in the mid-1990s, where he covered the O.J. Simpson trial. He also edited Fame magazine. His bylines have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Vogue, Details, and the Miami Herald. He is a voting member of the Critics Choice Awards (Film and Television branches), and his movie reviews are tracked by Rotten Tomatoes. With D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, he co-produced the 2002 documentary "Only the Strong Survive," which screened at Directors' Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.

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