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By The Week US

published 27 May 2025

This political cartoon shows Donald Trump, covered in numerous bandages on his body, is holding a puppy-like figure of Vladimir Putin. Putin, is being cradled by Trump. Trump is exclaiming, "WE LOVE EACH OTHER SO MUCH."

A political cartoon depicts a funeral for the U.S. penny, with the headline "TREASURY DEPT. TO PHASE OUT THE PENNY..." prominently displayed. A large copper penny featuring Abraham Lincoln lies in an open blue casket, adorned with red, white, and blue flowers. Several silver-colored U.S. coins, including nickels and dimes, are gathered around the casket as if they are mourners.

A political cartoon depicts a giant, red syringe — with a drill instead of a needle — that is labeled "Medicaid Cut$" plunging into the back of a man labeled "Poor and Sick." A Republican elephant dressed as a doctor tells the patient, "..YOU MAY FEEL A BIT OF PAIN AT THE INJECTION SITE.."

A political cartoon shows James Carville, in a striped shirt with arms crossed, talking to a man and a woman. Carville says, "BEFORE HE DROPPED OUT OF THE RACE, JOE BIDEN STOOD AS A TITAN OF AMERICAN HISTORY!" To the right, the man in a suit and the woman in a purple dress look towards Carville, with the woman commenting , "I THINK YOU MEAN 'TITANIC', MR. CARVILLE."

A political cartoon is titled "WHY IT'S CALLED 'TRICKLE-DOWN". A figure, presumed to be Donald Trump, stands atop a stone wall labeled "Big Beautiful Bill: Tax cuts for the rich." Trump is urinating on a crowd of people that include adults and a child. This "trickle-down" effect splashes onto three distressed figures that include a woman wearing a "WOMEN'S HEALTH" shirt, a small child with a "SCHOOL LUNCH" sign, and an others with shirts that read "SNAP" and "MEDICAID."

A lit match with a yellow nuclear symbol on its charred head is positioned on the left, its flame burning brightly. This "nuclear" match is angled towards a row of five unlit red-tipped matches lined up to its right. Each of these unlit matches is labeled with a country: "IRAN," "SAUDI ARABIA," "UAE," "TURKEY," and "EGYPT." The cartoon is titled "The CHAIN REACTION" at the bottom.

A caricature of Donald Trump's head is depicted as the United States, with his face and features forming the shape of the country, set against a backdrop of the Earth and outer space. His exaggerated blonde hair sweeps across the top of the globe, styled in his signature comb-over. In the top left corner, the text "THE GOLDEN DOME" has "DOME" crossed out and replaced with handwritten "COMBOVER" above it.

A man is shown intensely looking through a large telescope mounted on a tripod, but instead of pointing it towards the sky, it's aimed directly at a computer screen. A concerned woman stands behind him asking, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?". The man replies, "TRYING TO FIND A BRIGHT SPOT IN THE NEWS... IT'S GOTTA BE ON THE SCREEN HERE SOMEWHERE..."

A Republican elephant, depicted as a chef splattered with egg yolk, proudly holds up a frying pan containing a comically large, dripping omelet labeled "TAX CUTS FOR TOP 10%." With a whisk in its other hand, the elephant chef exclaims, "SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BREAK A FEW EGGS TO MAKE A BILLIONAIRE'S OMELET!" The chef stands amidst a huge pile of broken eggshells, which are labeled with social programs such as "MEDICARE," "FOOD STAMPS," and "MEDICAID."

A political cartoon depicts two adults confronting a small child who has drawn crude red figures, scribbles, and the word "POOP!" on a white wall. The woman on the left, with blonde hair and her hands on her hips, angrily exclaims to the child, "LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE! WHAT HAVE YOU GOT TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?". The small blonde child, holding a red crayon, simply replies, "TRUMP." The tall man on the right, observing the scene, comments to the woman, "HE'S GOT A POINT, DEAR."

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