The cover features an illustration of Donald Trump sitting on an armchair, holding a remote and snacks. Photo / Newsweek
While Donald Trump has been vacationing at his New Jersey golf club, Newsweek has released a controversial cover page calling the US president a "lazy boy".
The cover features an illustration of Donald Trump sitting on an armchair, holding a remote and snacks.
Below is the headline "lazy boy" along with the question "Donald Trump is bored and tired. Imagine how he'd feel if he did any work"?
People have taken to twitter to attack Newsweek, labelling the cover as fake news.
Meanwhile, Trump has hit back at critics over his plans to spend 17 days at his New Jersey golf club, insisting the visit was not a holiday but a working trip filled with meetings.
Almost immediately guests at his Bedminster estate posted video of a relaxed looking Mr Trump arriving on a golf buggy to greet them.
Barack Obama was lambasted repeatedly by Republicans over the amount of time he spent swinging a golf club, having played 333 times during his two terms. But the current president's enthusiasm for the sport seems to match that of his predecessor.
Trump's decision to abandon the White House for more than a fortnight has led critics to question his work ethic and devotion to the job.
The president's aides have insisted that the trip is what they billed as a "working vacation".
Trump entered the fray himself on Saturday evening, inevitably turning to Twitter to do so.
However, a video posted to Instagram on Saturday afternoon suggested otherwise. The president is shown at the edge of a golf course, dressed in golfing attire and stepping from behind the wheel of a golf cart to welcome wedding guests, joking: "Come on where's the bride?"
It is understood that one of the key tasks at the White House will be to replace the 27-year old heating and cooling system, finishing work which began under the previous administration.
Those who remain in Washington will be redeployed to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, rather than being expected to remain in the West Wing without air-conditioning during the city's sweltering summer.
The South Portico steps are being renovated for the first time since 1953. The West Wing is being redecorated and recarpeted and even the Oval Office is being refurbished.
Mr Trump's absence will be comparatively brief, unlike Harry Truman who spent nearly four years living in nearby Blair House while the crumbling official presidential residence underwent comprehensive renovation.
It was while Mr Truman was in Blair House that two Puerto Rican nationalists mounted an unsuccessful assassination attempt in November 1950 - killing a White House police officer.
With an extensive personal property portfolio - including an opulent apartment in Manhattan, an estate at Mar-a-Lago in Florida and the Bedminster golf club - the current president is not short of alternative accommodation.
He also has the option of Camp David, the rustic official country retreat in Thurmont, Maryland, about 60 miles (95km) outside Washington.
However, in one interview Trump said the winding country paths and bucolic nature of the place were not to his taste.
There have been suggestions that he has not been overly impressed by the White House.
Golf.com claimed that he had even described the house that comes with the job as a "dump" - an accusation which he furiously denied on Twitter.
- additional reporting by the NZ Herald
New schedule details will follow after assessing the situation.