Political cartoons for April 27

Monday’s political cartoons include a familiar ditty, Earth Day celebrations, and more

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This is a six-panel cartoon depicting Donald Trump dancing to the tune of the “Hokey Pokey”. He sings, “You put your ceasefire in! You take your ceasefire out! You let your ceasefire stand! And once again you TACO out!” In the final frame Trump speaks into the phone and says, “You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself around, but THAT’S what it’s all about” as he points to a trader looking at a computer screen and the price of oil. The trader smiles and says, “HEY!”

(Image credit: John Deering / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

A young girl hugs a tree named “Earth Day”. A man in a hardhat and construction outfit points at the tree and says, “Next 20 data centers go here!”

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

A man sits on his chair reading the paper and watching the news on TV. The female newscaster says, “The hearing on insider trading was postponed so congressmen could run and sell their stocks…”

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

This cartoon depicts Tucker Carlson as a rat leaving a sinking ship named the “Trump-tannic”. He says, “Women, children, and racist conspiracy-peddling MAGA rats first!”

(Image credit: Steve Sack / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts a man placing bets on political outcomes at a window labeled “Prediction markets.” The bettor says, "$7 on Kash fired by Memorial Day, $15 on Strait of Hormuz clogged with the Epstein files, $40 says a drunk Hegseth hits on Bryon Noem, $64 on JD catching an STD from a skanky Barcalounger, $100 on Trump choking on a McRib enroute to federal prison..."

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

This cartoon depicts Kash Patel inside a bottle of liquor. The liquor’s label says “100 proof Improprieties” and the cork is labeled “Allegations”. Kash says, “MIA!?! I’ve been right here the whole time!”

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

This cartoon is titled “40 years since the Chernobyl Disaster”. It depicts an image like chalk on a chalkboard. A person in a hazmat suit holds a cake and says, “The cake is glowing…even without candles.”

(Image credit: Patrick Chappatte / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon puts the reader on a boat during World War II as the marines land on Iwo Jima and walk from the ocean onto the land. It's titled, “Just try to imagine one of them placing bets on it.”

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

A father and son walk down the street and watch a fish labeled “campaign mailers” jump into a mailbox. The father says, “And then, during political season, they leap from the gutter on their way to spawn lies and distortions.”

(Image credit: Paul Duginski / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts a person in a Ku Klux Klan outfit. The person says, “Your contribution of $11 per month will help provide the racism the Southern Poverty Law Center so desperately needs to survive.”

(Image credit: Chip Bok / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

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