A rat named Hegseth | Political cartoons for Dec. 5 | The Week

published 5 December 2025

Santa, an elf, and a reindeer look at a long Naughty List where all the names have been blacked out. Santa says, &ldquo;The DOJ redacted it.&rdquo;

A U.S. fighter jet flies through the air, loaded with missiles. The pilot listens to a voice that says, &ldquo;This is your Secretary of War speaking. When you get to the target, kill everybody!&rdquo; The pilot responds, &ldquo;But sir, I still don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s legal to bomb the New York Times!&rdquo;

A man and a woman sit on a couch watching television. The man says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m worried when Trump naps in cabinet meetings.&rdquo; The woman says, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m worried when he wakes up.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts a smiling Sun that has crashed into Earth, leaving behind a wake of hot destruction, bones, and despair.

Admiral Frank M. Bradley stands on an American boat named &ldquo;War Crimes.&rdquo; A destroyed, smoking small boat is nearby. A rat named &ldquo;Hegseth&rdquo; squeaks as it runs away from the ship on a rope. It says, &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t look at me!!!&rdquo;

A wide-eyed Kash Patel is on the lower side of this image. A man rushes in with a box that contains a Junior Miss Authentic FBI Raid Jacket. The man says, &ldquo;Hey, boss, the boys and I got you a raid jacket that&rsquo;ll fit!&rdquo; Kash says to himself, &ldquo;Oh boy!&rdquo;

The President of Honduras, a drug criminal pardoned by Donald Trump, drives a speedboat filled with a chunk of cocaine labeled, &ldquo;400 tons of cocaine smuggled into the United States.&rdquo; A U.S. Navy drone armed with missiles flies overhead. A voice from the drone says, &ldquo;Call off the strike boys&hellip;He&rsquo;s on our side!&rdquo;

Donald Trump dozes at a Cabinet meeting, a long string of Zs above his head. A woman next to him says, &ldquo;Awww&hellip; He&rsquo;s chasing rabbits, bribes, and garbage from shithole countries&hellip;&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled Vortex Guide and shows an incredibly-cold looking man shivering in front of a map of the United States. The map is dominated by a swooping, U-Shaped cold wave that stretches all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. One arrow points to the cold and reads &ldquo;Polar&rdquo;. Another points to the man&rsquo;s freezing teeth and says &ldquo;Molar&rdquo;. The third points to a calendar that shows the solstice and reads &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not officially winter yet&rdquo; and that arrow says &ldquo;Solar.&rdquo;

A destroyed ship named Pentagon Credibility is nearly sunk, the final piece of it about to slip below the surface. An American fighter plane is leaving the scene and a voice from it says, &ldquo;No survivors&hellip;over.&rdquo;

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