Political cartoons for December 1

Monday’s political cartoons include Trump's energy, the debt trap, and more

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Donald Trump looks at chart on an easel label “Energy” with an arrow moving directly downward. He says, “Drill, baby drill! Oil and gas prices have never been so low!” An aide responds, “Sir, this chart is about your energy…”

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

This cartoon depicts a family of a father, mother, and small boy. The mother is holding the boy’s hand as they look warily at a threatening machine. The machine has large, sharp teeth-like edges like an animal trap. The words “Disastercard” and “VISE” where “VISE” looks like the VISA logo are on the side. A sign inside the machine reads, “Spend! Why not? Spend now! E-Z terms! Sign here.”

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

This cartoon takes place in a classroom during career day. A little boy raises his hand and says, “I want to be a fired college coach who makes millions in my buyout!”

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

Two ice agents smile at each other on the left side of this image. The right side of the cartoon shows a police vehicle filled with dozens of dark-skinned children looking through the bars. One ICE agent says, “I love shopping on black and brown Friday…”

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

Santa is on top of a snow-covered roof. His bag is enormous and the words “GLP-1 Drug Coverage” are written on the site. Santa looks warily at a skinny chimney with the words “State Medicaid Budgets” rising out of it on smoke.

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

This is a five panel cartoon with a woman speaking to a man in the top four panels. The woman says, “You know how freaking rich these guys are? A million seconds is about 12 days…a billion seconds is 37 years! When will we ever start taxing them?” In the bottom panel the woman and man turn around to look at a stereotypical rich guy in a tuxedo and top hat with a moustache. The rich man carries bags of cash and says, “How long is a trillion seconds?”

(Image credit: Joel Pett / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

A female reporter is about to ask Donald Trump a question at a press conference. She says, “Mr President, I have a question and a follow-up, so you may want to have two deeply personal, irrelevant and degrading insults at the ready…”

(Image credit: Steve Kelley / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is titled “MAGA EDEN.” Two white rabbits are in a verdant, lush forest watching Marjorie Taylor Greene leaving with a suitcase. She’s headed into the desert where clouds are gathering and there is lightning in the mountains. One rabbit says, “She was banished by the snake for disobedience.”

(Image credit: Steve Breen / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is titled “Couples Therapy.” A female counselor has a notepad and looks at two chairs. A spine is in the chair on the left. A spineless man in a suit labeled “GOP” flops limply on the chair at right. The counselor says, “With Trump’s incompetence, corruption, mental decline and Epstein ties, you should end the separation…”

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

This cartoon takes place on the ocean. The Mayflower sailing ship floats by with its sails at full mast. A much smaller boat labeled “Border Patrol” and “ICE” motors near the Mayflower and a voice from the small boat says, “Attention! You are in violation of 8 U.S. Code Section 1325…”

(Image credit: Michael Ramirez / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

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