5 spurious cartoons about the need for a White House ballroom

Artists take on lessons learned, taxpayer funds, and more

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This cartoon depicts two hands writing lessons learned and Donald Trump’s hand with a sharpie. The two hands write “Violence must be eradicated from politics and gun violence must be urgently addressed.” Trump writes “GET ME MY BALLROOM!!” over the other lessons.

(Image credit: Pedro Molina / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

Donald Trump sits on an ornate chair while an elephant, dressed in a Prince Charming-style uniform labeled "CONGRESS," kneels to fit a glass slipper onto Trump's foot. The slipper came from a box labeled "$400 million White House Ballroom Legislation" fueled by "Taxpayer funds". The elephant says, "It's a perfect fit!"

(Image credit: R.J. Matson / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

Donald Trump watches his ice cream drop from a cone onto the ground with a “splat”. He says, “This would have never happened if I had a new ballroom!”

(Image credit: Rick McKee / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

Donald Trump stands behind a podium with a seal that says “President of Reality TV”. A wide-eyed Kash Patel and Mark Wayne Mullin are next to Trump. Trump says, "This proves that we need the big, beautiful, bulletproof ballroom, that big, strong military officers with tears in their eyes have begged me to build. And they also said, 'Sir, this proves what you've said all along about the Strait of Hormuz, Ukraine, open borders, tariffs, Russia, Russia, Russia, the rigged elections, windmills, covfefe, person, woman, man,’”

(Image credit: John Deering / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

A teacher sits at a desk in a classroom with bullet holes in the wall behind her. Donald Trump enters the room and says, “Another school shooting? Why don’t you just put in a bullet-proof 400 million dollar ballroom?”

(Image credit: Dave Whamond / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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