Political cartoons for April 9 | The Week

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;A Renovation in the White House that Does Make Sense.&rdquo; It depicts the Oval Office with an empty chair. The garbage can is filled with the Epstein Files, top secret folders, and polls.

This cartoon depicts Uncle Sam voting at a booth labeled &ldquo;Free and Fair Elections.&rdquo; There&rsquo;s a plunger like you&rsquo;d use for a bomb connected to the booth via a long wire. The plunger is named &ldquo;Save America Act.&rdquo;

Donald Trump speaks to a group of little kids holding up and playing with bombs, tanks, and a missile labeled &ldquo;debt&rdquo;. Trump says, &ldquo;We can&rsquo;t pay for day care, but that&rsquo;ll keep you occupied for a while.&rdquo;

This cartoon is named &ldquo;National Spit Into Ocean Day.&rdquo; It depicts a long line of taxpayers on the edge of a cliff, waiting to spit into an ocean named &ldquo;National Debt.&rdquo;

Donald Trump looks out from rubble, waves a white flag of surrender and says, &ldquo;I win.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts Artemis II on the far side of the moon. Earth is in the distance. A voice from Earth asks, &ldquo;What do you see on the dark side of the moon, Artemis II?&rdquo; Artemis flies past a large pile of paper named &ldquo;Epstein Files&rdquo; as a voice from inside the ship responds, &ldquo;Um&hellip;&rdquo;

A young man spins a basketball on his finger and speaks to his father, who&rsquo;s seated in an easy chair. The father says, &ldquo;Winning isn&rsquo;t the only thing, junior. It&rsquo;s how much money you can get in a college contract.&rdquo;

An enraged man is doing his taxes on tax day. He screams, &ldquo;If the federal government can&rsquo;t meet any deadlines, why should I when it comes to paying my taxes?!&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;The Boy Who Cried Nuke&rdquo;. It depicts Donald Trump and some sheep on top of a hill. Trump is dressed as a shepherd with little-boy short pants and a crook. He says, &ldquo;Civilization ends at 8 PM Eastern!&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts a hand-puppet that looks like a man in a suit. The puppet is named &ldquo;Retribution&rdquo; and an arrow pointing inside it reads, &ldquo;U.S. Attorney General Job Opening.&rdquo;

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