Author Description

Welcome to the First Edition of Don Magazine, written, illustrated, and produced by Dan Youra. The book is dedicated to presenting an alternative point of view of the person who is arguably the most well-known yet controversial person in the lives and politics of the world during the second and third decades of the twenty-first century –– Donald J. Trump. The artwork and analysis in this book fall into a middle ground between the extreme, pro, and con treatments that are most common in the writings and commentary about The Donald. The middle ground is witnessed in a simpler, less explosive look at the man than is customary in the media. The book is organized with the artwork featured on the even-numbered, left-hand pages and an essay titled “I Am Trump,” written by Dan Youra, on the odd-numbered, right-hand pages. Cartoons, caricatures, and artwork in the book are drawn by Dan Youra, whose art is integrated with graphic content created by artificial intelligence services offered on CoPilot by Microsoft, ChatGPT by OpenAI, PicLumen by CHENGDU Yile Tech Co, and Flux.1AI Prompt Generator by Flux 1 AI, Inc. “I am Trump” is an essay, I began writing in 2016 during Donald J. Trump’s first presidential campaign. My thoughts about the man evolved into what you can read here. I am not a psychiatrist, a philosopher, or a literati with professional expertise on these topics. I am an ordinary guy, who, like many others, is trying to understand Mr. Trump and the Trump phenomenon. I share insights into The Donald both through my artwork and words. During his first campaign, he called himself “The Donald.” I liked that. “Don” is friendlier yet. I use it here. I invoke the name “Don” as the name of this book. Trump is every man and every woman. Every man and every woman is Trump.