Esquire cover: Trump's a 'hater in chief'

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Esquire magazine slammed Donald Trump with its February edition, slapping a head shot of the Republican front-runner on its cover beneath the words "Hater in Chief" and calling him out in an accompanying article as a "useful tool" who really doesn't want the White House.

"Donald Trump has turned out to be a useful tool," Editor David Granger wrote in the issue that's set to appear on stands next week. "He has stymied – at least for the early part of the Republican presidential sweepstakes – the effects of Citizens United, which flooded our politics with money from oligarchs eager to buy government leaders."

Granger then calls Trump an "entertainer" who's simply "giving his audience what it wants."

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And his ultimate assessment?

"This is not a man who is planning to occupy the White House," Granger wrote. "This is not the man who personifies the rage that is rippling through our culture. When you talk with Donald, you get the distinct impression that he's enjoying this other person, this fellow named Donald Trump, out there tuning up the rubes."

Granger then speaks of the anger of the American voter, mostly stemming from "pessimistic" people who are "overwhelmingly Caucasian, overwhelming working- or middle-class, and overwhelmingly middle-aged or older."

He went on: "These are the Americans – this dwindling demographic – who are shaping the presidential circus right now. And as we move past the primaries and the Republicans settle on a nominee, what this rage politics will further yield remains to be seen. ... If the Republicans know what's good for them, the irresponsible talk will have to abate over the summer, the rage will have to recede from center stage. And Donald Trump will be back in Trump Tower, conducting business as usual."

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Trump, in a dismissive response on Fox News in an interview with host Bill O'Reilly, said the headline as hater in chief was actually applicable.

"If you think about it, I do hate what's happening in America," he said.

Trump added: "It's the mainstream media. They go that way. But I do hate what's happening to America so in that way, maybe it's a very accurate depiction."