July 12 editorial cartoons

Saturday's political cartoons include a dystopian future, Donald Trump's fixation with Canada, and Pam Bondi falling down the Epstein conspiracy rabbit hole.

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This political cartoon depicts a dystopian future. It shows a man in a bed with restraints and medical tubes. He exclaims, "world's gone completely to hell!" Around him are various disturbing elements, including a laboratory setup with a swastika symbol, detached eyeballs, scattered bones, and weapons. In the background, there’s a mushroom cloud and fires, suggesting a nuclear apocalypse. To the right, another man, bald and with a worried expression, is merely a head encased in a glass chamber. He responds, "every generation says that." A robotic cat is seen playing with a dismembered foot.

(Image credit: Joel Pett / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon depicts Donald Trump, dressed as a colonial-era figure with a powdered wig. He stands to the right of a large, broken Canadian maple leaf. The maple leaf, which has "CANADA FRIENDSHIP" written on it, is fractured and bleeding red, with a piece broken off the stem. Trump holds an axe on which is written "51ST STATE TARIFFS." Trump is saying, "I can not tell a lie... I didn't do it!"

(Image credit: Bill Day / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is titled “Attorney General Pam Bondi in Wonderland.” It depicts Bondi free-falling down a rabbit hole labeled “DEEP STATE” as elements of conspiracies swirl around her. There’s a paper titled "NON-EXISTENT EPSTEIN CLIENT LIST" and another note saying, "From the desk of Pam Bondi: video tape missing minute?" A smartphone falling alongside her displays a video thumbnail of "OFFICIAL COVER UP" with an image of Jeffrey Epstein.

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

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