Vladimir Putin steps out | August 18 editorial cartoons | The Week

published 18 August 2025

In this cartoon, Vladimir Putin walks down the stairs from his airplane along with a river of blood. Donald Trump responds, &ldquo;You brought your own red carpet!&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;The Kennedy Self-Center Honors&rdquo; and depicts RFK Jr. on a stage pointing at a wall of germs and viruses. He says, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going viral!&rdquo;

This editorial cartoon depicts Donald Trump on the roof of a museum. He&rsquo;s got a bucket of white paint and is painting the museum. He says, &ldquo;Formerly the Smithsonian.&rdquo; The museum is now called the Museum of Whitewashing.

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Trump Meets Putin&rdquo;. Vladimir Putin has a pointer and is tapping a map of Eastern Europe that includes Ukraine. The word &ldquo;Ukraine&rdquo; has been crossed out and Putin taps on a large area that reads, &ldquo;All mine!!!&rdquo; Trump responds with a smile, &ldquo;So, it&rsquo;s basically redistricting! I love it!&rdquo;

This cartoon shows two women wearing WNBA shirts in a bar watching television. Pam Bondi is on the TV and yells, &ldquo;The deep state&rsquo;s throwing sandwiches at federal officers!&rdquo; One of the WNBA fans says, &ldquo;Boo-freaking hoo&hellip;&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts Donald Trump in clown makeup and a snake for a tie on a unicycle. He&rsquo;s juggling a hammer labeled tariffs, a National Guard tank, an ICE tray, an alligator, and a chainsaw. He&rsquo;s distracting a group of people labeled &ldquo;The World&rdquo;. No one pays attention to a starving boy at left who holds an empty bowl labeled &ldquo;Gaza&rdquo; and says &ldquo;Ahem&rdquo;.

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;The Art of the Kneel.&rdquo; Donald Trump is on his knees kissing the hand of a shirtless Vladimir Putin.

In this cartoon, Donald Trump drives a DC Police car with the words &ldquo;To Serve and Distract&rdquo; written on the back. An FBI officer and National Guardsman are in the back seat. Trump bleats, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s an emergency!&rdquo; as he drives through boxes labelled &ldquo;Epstein Files&rdquo;.

Donald Trump is in a field surrounded by wind turbines in this cartoon. He tries to hide a golf club behind his back and yells at a turbine, &ldquo;You&rsquo;re big and ugly and hurt birds!!&rdquo; Meanwhile, a feather drops from the golf club and a battered and bruised American eagle is on the ground.

This cartoon depicts a donkey and an elephant both drawing electoral maps. The donkey says, &ldquo;You want redistricting? Redistrict this!&rdquo; The elephant responds, &ldquo;When pigs file taxes! As if! In your dreams&rdquo; The donkey says, &ldquo;You wish!&rdquo;

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