October 3 editorial cartoons | The Week

published 3 October 2025

This cartoon depicts in a man in a suit outside the Federal Reserve building. A sign on the wall reads, &ldquo;Our motto: when the going gets tough, the tough change interest rates.&rdquo;

This is a four panel political cartoon that depicts the evolution of man from an ape-like creature to a homo sapien walking upright. But, the man begins to stumble and wither under a burning sun and parched landscape in the final panel. The sun is surrounded by logos of fossil fuel corporations including Shell, Exxon Mobile and Chevron.

This political cartoon is a take off on the &ldquo;Uncle Sam wants you&rdquo; posters from the past. This version is called &ldquo;Uncle Pete wants You*&rdquo; and depicts Defense Secretary and former Fox News weekend co-host Pete Hegseth with clown makeup on. The bottom of the poster reads, &ldquo;*Unless you&rsquo;re fat, a beardo, a woman, an immigrant, a trans, or a weak leftist who doesn&rsquo;t want to invade US cities.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts a group of donkeys gather around a craps table. One donkey rolls the dice onto the table, which has the words &ldquo;Government Shutdown&rdquo; written on it.

This is a wildly drawn political cartoon featuring Donald Trump at his desk and Stephen Miller hanging upside down like a vampire. Trump has a newspaper that says, &ldquo;Bad Bunny To Play Super Bowl Halftime Show.&rdquo; Bad Bunny is shown on a television screen singing while he holds a Puerto Rican flag and is dressed in women's clothing. Bad Bunny sings about the Epstein files in Spanish. Stephen Miller says, &ldquo;Not only is he a Kamala-endorsing ICE-hating Puerto Rican who performs in drag, he also sings in Spanish&hellip;&rdquo;

This Donald Trump cartoon shows Trump in front of an American flag speaking to generals. Trump says, &ldquo;Bone spurs, very painful. More painful, in many ways, then grenades or bombs. Many people are saying perhaps they deserve a medal&hellip;&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts Vladimir Putin as the Grim Reaper flying over a war-torn landscape filled with burning buildings. Putin holds a scythe and flies atop a drone that is fitted with two missiles.

This cartoon illustrates a plane that has crashed nose-first into the ground next to a sign that reads &ldquo;Govt. Shutdown&rdquo; An elephant wearing a parachute glides gracefully to the ground and says, &ldquo;This is the captain. Blame the donkey in aisle three&hellip;.&rdquo;

This is a six-panel political cartoon that depicts Doand Trump speaking to the military. It&rsquo;s titled &ldquo;THE MILITARY BRASS SPEECH (IF HE COULD SPEAK)&rdquo; in the first panel. Trump begins to speak and says, &ldquo;Good afternoon. Simple route to authoritarianism....send the guard into blue cities, inciting protest...when things get violent, we sic your troops on fellow Americans..(wink)...more protest. more violence. martial law. canceled elections &hellip; Any questions? At the risk of your careers?"

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Please stand by&hellip;&rdquo; and shows the U.S. Capitol building. A giant electrical plug is on the street outside the building, as if it had been removed from the outlet on top of the Capitol.

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