Political cartoons for May 21

Thursday's political cartoons include Epstein victims, a papal proclamation, and Infidel Gastro

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Two exasperated-looking women sit at a table for Epstein victims. One reads a newspaper with the headline, “$1.8 billion for J6ers” and says, “Apparently we should have just stormed the Capitol and beat up police officers.”

(Image credit: Nick Anderson / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency)

Pope Leo walks away from a Data Center with a hammer in his hand. He has just nailed a scroll labeled AI Encyclical to the door.

(Image credit: Steve Breen / Copyright 2026 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is titled “Infidel Gastro” and depicts Donald Trump dressed like Fidel Castro and resembling Fidel Castro. Trump holds a gas pump and is in a tropical location, surrounded by palm trees. He says, “No more commie dictatorships! Only MAGA dictatorships.”

(Image credit: Jack Ohman / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency)

A man with a Proud Boy hat sits at a bar speaking to a bartender. The television in the background shows a news program with a serious-looking male newscaster and a headline: “Breaking: $1.8 billion slush fund.” The Proud Boy says, “Pour me a tall one. My ship just came in.”

(Image credit: Jonathan Brown / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is titled “The Elephant in the Courtroom.” An elephant has a “GOP 2026” flag on one of its sharp horns. Six Supreme Court justices ride the elephant, which is covered in a robe that reads, “Roberts Court.” Chief Justice John Roberts holds a decision titled “VRA Gutted.”

(Image credit: John Cole / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

A man walks on the sidewalk past an office for a financial advisor named Arlo Jones. A sign in the window reads, “It takes money to make money. So if you have no money, go away.”

(Image credit: Harley Schwadron / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

Donald Trump is dressed like a gangster in a pinstripe suit. An elephant henchman is next to him, flexing its muscles. A bloodied Uncle Sam is on the ground and has a black eye, having just been beaten up. Trump holds $1.8 billion of Uncle Sam’s money in a suitcase. Trump says, “Lucky for youse, we’re da party of fiscal responsibility!”

(Image credit: Rick McKee / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts a pie chart and is titled “Record Trillion Dollar Defense Budget” and the word “Defense” has been crossed out and replaced with “War”. One small portion of the pie chart is labeled “Legit.” The other portions are, “arms, legs, human misery, environmental ruin, grift, graft (I was takin’ a bath), (don’t tell), intel, evil, sketchy, shady, go boom, and toys.”

(Image credit: Joel Pett / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency)

A male college graduate flies through the air and toward the sun named “AI” in this cartoon, which is titled “Icarus Grad.” The grad looks frightened.

(Image credit: Milt Priggee / Copyright 2026 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon takes place in front of the Department of Justice. The state of Lady Justice has been replaced by a fat man in a suit whose head is a bag of cash.

(Image credit: Bill Bramhall / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency)

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