Political cartoons for April 22

Wednesday's political cartoons include tariff refunds, socially conscious stocks, and a tipsy top cop

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A businessman in a suit is first in line to get a refund from President Trump’s illegal tariffs. He turns to two smaller people labeled “consumers” and says, “This doesn’t concern you!”

(Image credit: John Darkow / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

An investment advisor is in his office, feet on his desk speaking on the phone. He says, “Remember, Ms. Dubin, socially conscious stocks give us a choice between right and wrong — but wrong usually pays better!”

(Image credit: Harley Schwadron / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts one of those novelty hats with two beer cans attached to the sides with a long tube so a person can drink both. In this case, the hat is a police officer hat and has a badge labeled “Top Cop: FBI Director”.

(Image credit: Nick Anderson / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

A male and female tourist in Washington DC take a photo of “The Trump Arch.” The arch is an arrow that drops straight into the ground and is labeled “Approval Rating.”

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com)

Two Donald Trumps look at each other across a table, both with juice boxes. Two aides look on and one says, “Hopefully these talks will bring the two sides together...”

(Image credit: Mike Luckovich / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

A robot with a coffee cup and a tie speaks to a man working a desk job in a cubicle, much like a scene from the movie “Office Space”. The robot says, “You don’t have to worry about A.I. replacing you in the workplace, Milton…I mean, seriously, who would want to do your job?”

(Image credit: Dave Whamond / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

Donald Trump and an aide holding an “Arc de Trump” sign are outside the White House, where a giant arch looms overhead. The aide says, “...OK…this is going to require a zoning variance.”

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

This cartoon depicts a miserable-looking Pete Hegseth dressed like a medieval crusader with sword and mace. The words “Secretary of” are next to him. The words “defense” and “war” are crossed out and replaced with “Holy War.” He says, “New Name”.

(Image credit: Bill Bramhall / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

A crazy-eyed Kash Patel holds up two bottles of beer and yells, “I have evidence that the 2020 HIC! election was stolen and arrests will be made HIC! soon!” Two FBI agents look around the corner and one says, “He’s drunk!”

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

Two horned devils are in hell surrounded by fire as they read the newspaper. The headlines on the paper are: “Trump attacks Pope again! Trump posts meme of himself as Jesus. Trump threatens to destroy Iranian civilization.” One of the devils says, “We might have to let him go. He’s starting to make us look bad.”

(Image credit: Christopher Weyant / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

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