Political cartoons for May 22 | The Week

Donald Trump speaks to a sock puppet of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that Trump has on his hand. Trump makes Blance say, &ldquo;And the IRS has to drop all audits against you.&rdquo; Trump responds, &ldquo;Drat! I should have cheated more on my 2025 returns.&rdquo;

This cartoon is titled &ldquo;Water Hazard.&rdquo; Donald Trump is playing golf and unsuccessfully trying to hit a shot out of the Strait of Hormuz over and over again. His caddy says, &ldquo;No, you can&rsquo;t take a mulligan.&rdquo;

This cartoon depicts a 7-11 style Slushee being poured. The contents are coming from a machine labeled &ldquo;Jan. 6 Slush Fund&rdquo; that is filled with taxpayers and they are being squished to make the drink. The word on the drink is, &ldquo;DICEE&rdquo;.

Donald Trump looks pleased as he stands with two bags of cash labeled &ldquo;Insider Trading&rdquo; and &ldquo;Slush Fund&rdquo;. A newscaster next to him resembles Tony Dokoupil, holds a microphone labeled &ldquo;Media&rdquo; and says, &ldquo;Breaking news. It&rsquo;s been 12 years since President Obama wore a tan suit&hellip;&rdquo;

People line up at an unemployment office where all the positions there are staffed by robots. A man at a desk speaks to a robot who asks him in a robotic typeface, &ldquo;Reason for your dismissal?&rdquo;

Donald Trump drives a garbage truck labeled &ldquo;$1.8B slush fund&rdquo;. He empties its contents, which include rioters, the Q-Anon shaman, and a man carrying a confederate flag. A woman is nearby with a grocery cart and her child in it. She&rsquo;s next to a newspaper with a headline on the increasing cost of living.

Donald Trump has painted himself into a corner in this cartoon. The painted part of the floor is labeled &ldquo;IRAN&rdquo;. Trump reaches to paint a door with the word &ldquo;CUBA&rdquo; on it.

An attractive female receptionist is at the reception desk at the Department of Justice outside the attorney general&rsquo;s office. A tall man stands in front of the desk and a photo of the Qanon-shaman hangs on the wall. The woman turns to the attorney general&rsquo;s office and says, &ldquo;A Mr. Comey here to apply for the weaponization fund.&rdquo;

Two robots sit at a table. One resembles a little girl and the other her father. They are eating micro chips like people would eat breakfast cereal. The little girl robot says, &ldquo;Did a giant asteroid kill the humans?&rdquo; The male robot responds, &ldquo;No. They built massive data centers that depleted their essential resources.&rdquo;

A high-ranking military officer is at a cocktail party in Washington DC, where the U.S. Capitol is visible through a window. He speaks to a woman and says, &ldquo;Being a military pundit became difficult when we&rsquo;re constantly asked why we invaded Iran.&rdquo;

The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Explore More