July 18 editorial cartoons | The Week

published 18 July 2025

This editorial cartoon depicts a smug-looking Donald Trump in the foreground.. Two other men in suits are in the background. Trump says, &ldquo;Why is everyone still focused on Jeffrey Epstein? It&rsquo;s a MINOR issue!&rdquo; A man in the background face-palms and says, &ldquo;Yes that&rsquo;s the problem&rdquo; and the other man says &ldquo;Unfortunate choice of words.&rdquo;

This cartoon is set in a field on a farm. There is a farmer here handing an empty basket to a man. The farmer says, &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t find farm workers, so everything is pick your own. I recommend the soy beans.&rdquo;

This editorial cartoon shows Donald Trump and another man in silhouette, watching an explosion from a balcony. Trump says, &ldquo;Bet this will distract them from the Epstein files!&rdquo;

This is a three-panel political cartoon titled &quot;The THREE 'R's' of EDUCATION.&rdquo; The first panel, &quot;Remove Reading,&quot; shows an angry crowd in MAGA hats with signs reading &quot;BAN BOOKS&quot; and books into a trash can. The second panel says &quot;Revile Writing,&quot; and features a man labeled &quot;IVY LEAGUE&quot; being pointed at by several hands, with speech bubbles saying &quot;Anti-semitic!&quot;, &quot;Woke!&quot;, and &quot;brain-washing our kids!&quot; The third panel, &quot;Eradicate Arithmetic,&quot; shows Donald Trump driving a yellow excavator, demolishing a building labeled &quot;DEPT OF EDU,&quot; while a speech bubble above him says, &quot;I love the poorly educated.&quot;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Saying the Loud Part Silently.&rdquo; JD Vance and Elon Musk are watching a man speak at a conference. A large screen behind the man is labeled &ldquo;NATALISM&rdquo; and shows a bunch of sperm swimming toward a model of Earth. Vance and Musk think to themselves, &ldquo;More Christian Babies! More White Babies!&rdquo;

This comically-drawn cartoon features Donald Trump in a military tank outside the Department of Education building. The tank flies a Confederate Flag, and a flag looking sort of like a Nazi flag. Trump holds a sippy cup and a piece of paper that reads, &ldquo;Grok gets $200M military contract.&rdquo; Trump speaks to a robot near him, &ldquo;Grok! Take out the Education Department!&rdquo; The robot salutes and says, &ldquo;Heil Hitler!&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Allegation Alcatraz&hellip;&rdquo; It shows the White House alone on a rocky island, surrounded by waters filled with alligators labeled &ldquo;Epstein Case&rdquo;. A voice from the White House asks, &ldquo;...Are they gone yet?&rdquo;

This cartoon takes place in the office of a male financial advisor. He sits at his desk speaking to an older woman sitting in a chair. He points to a board behind him on which is written, &ldquo;Greed, Gluttony, Pride, Envy, Lust, Anger, Sloth&rdquo; and says to the woman, &ldquo;As you can see, our funds are diversified.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts Earth as the yolk part of a fried egg. The white part of the egg looks normal, but the yolk is deep red, as if it&rsquo;s drastically overheating.

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;We Don&rsquo;t Need No Education.&rdquo; Donald Trump is pictured as a worm who has eaten through and befouled an apple titled &ldquo;Dept. of Education&rdquo; Trump says, &ldquo;URP.&rdquo;

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