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British Vogue editor Edward Enninful takes subtle swipe a Donald Trump with Instagram post of Cara Delevingne

Edward Enninful and Cara Delevingne at a New York exhibition launch in 2012: Neil Rasmus/BFA/Rex
Edward Enninful and Cara Delevingne at a New York exhibition launch in 2012: Neil Rasmus/BFA/Rex

The new editor of British Vogue, Edward Enninful has today made a subtle dig at US President Donald Trump.

Sharing an image from five years ago of himself and model Cara Delevingne smiling, the 45-year-old editor captioned the picture with a reference to a time before Trump's presidency.

"#TBT with @caradelevingne in New York City 2012BT Xoxo", he wrote, before hashtagging "#BeforeTrump".

Similarly to the way in which time before Christ is acknowledged as BC, Enninful is now seemingly measuring time in BT and AT to mark the difference between life before and after Trump became president.

#TBT with @caradelevingne in New York City 2012BT Xoxo #BeforeTrump

A post shared by Edward Enninful, OBE (@edward_enninful) on Aug 17, 2017 at 12:27am PDT

Responding to his post, a number of Enninful's followers agreed with his suggested sentiment.

American musician Beth Ditto wrote: "#BEFORE TRUMP HAHAHAHAHAH! My hashtag dreams just came true ! #solidgoldgenius", to which Enninful replied: "2012BT ❤️".

This is not the first time the new editor has spoken out against Donald Trump.

In February this year, Enninful - who was born in Ghana and raised in London - responded to Trump's attempted Muslim travel ban by getting 81 leading fashion figures together to make a powerful video in which they proudly declare: "I am an immigrant".

Those involved in the video include American Vogue creative director Grace Coddington, photographer Mario Sorrenti, fashion designer Joseph Altuzarra, activist Bethann Hardison, and models Adriana Lima, Winnie Harlow, Jourdan Dunn, Anja Rubik, Natasha Poly, Doutzen Kroes and Imaan Hammam.

Currently embarking upon the first month in the new role, Enninful's first British Vogue issue will be in December.