Political cartoons for December 17

Wednesday's political cartoons include healthcare costs, the affordability hoax, giving up pencils, and more

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An elephant in a suit and with a marker in its hand says, “We finally have a new plan to replace Obamacare!” There’s a sign over the elephant’s shoulder where he’s made edits to The Affordable Care Act with the black marker. The sign now reads, “The Unaffordable We Don’t Care Act* *If you have to ask, you can’t afford it.”

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

A cartoonist is behind his desk drawing and looks surprised. Donald Trump points at the cartoonist and says, “You can give up certain products….like pencils!”

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

A donkey sits in front of a cozy fireplace in a room waiting for Christmas. There’s snow falling outside, a Christmas tree is to the left of the fireplace and a red chair is to the right. There are two stockings hanging from the mantle. One says “Epstein” and the other “Files”.

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

The top panel of this cartoon features an elephant standing next to large letters that spell out “+ Health Care Costs” The elephant says, “Premiums are skyrocketing, and we need to fix that!” In the bottom panel, the + symbol has been turned to be an X. The elephant looks satisfied and says, “There! It should be a multiplication sign.”

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

This image is an homage to the Jonny Quest cartoon with the invisible, electric blob monster accidentally created in a lab experiment that devours electricity everywhere it goes. In this version, the blob has the words “Data Centers” written on its side. It looks up at a single lightbulb outside a house where a man is at his mailbox. The man fumes as he looks at his electric bill.

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

This is a six panel cartoon in which Joe Biden slowly transforms into Donald Trump by the final frame. Biden says, “Here’s the deal…my health is fine…and…the…economy is..” Donald Trump appears in the final frame and yells, “Beautiful!!”

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

This cartoon is titled The War on Christmas. An elephant is dressed as Santa Claus and flies in a reindeer-led sleigh above a group of houses. He’s dropping bombs from his sleigh that are named “Health” “Care” “Premium” “Increases.”

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

An older man with a cane sits in a chair and looks positively delighted as he watches television. Two younger women stand near him speaking with each other. One says, “Why is your dad always so darn happy?” The other woman says, “He thinks Martin Sheen is the president!”

(Image credit: Randall Enos / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is set outside in a winter landscape. There’s a house decorated for Christmas in the background and evergreen trees are covered in snow. At right, Santa Claus is inside a TSA body scanner with his arms raised. He looks annoyed. Santa’s reindeers and sleigh are in the background awaiting his return as a TSA agent in winter clothing checks to make sure Santa passes the security check.

(Image credit: Bruce Plante / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

A man and a woman sit with Donald Trump, who’s behind a desk working as a financial advisor. Trump says, “Swap your Trump meme coins for a 50-year mortgage and you can afford health insurance.”

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

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