5 crime-ridden cartoons about National Guard deployment in DC

Artists take on the crime of littering, the real criminals in DC, and more

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This cartoon is titled “Trump Sends Troops to Washington”. Two men in combat gear carry automatic rifles. They run over to a man and say, “Hey you with the brownish complexion…Did you just drop that gum wrapper on the ground?”

(Image credit: Randall Enos / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon takes place outside the White House. There is a tank labeled “D.C. National Guard” filled with soldiers. A man in a “DC” sweatshirt yells to the soldiers, “Guys! I want to report a cabal of coup plotters, adjudicated sex offenders, convicted felons, and emoluments clause grifters holding America hostage!”

(Image credit: Jack Ohman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

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