Political cartoons for January 13

Tuesday’s political cartoons include a rocky start, domestic threats, and more

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This cartoon depicts a sad-looking Baby New Year in a top hat and diaper surrounded by empty bottles and a dog peeing next to him. It’s titled, “So, how’s the new year working out for you so far?” The labels on the bottles read: “Affordability,” “Greenland,” “NATO,” “Health Care,” “Venezuela,” “Russia” and “Iran.” There’s also a bucket of ice cubes labeled “ICE.”

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

This is a two-panel cartoon titled “MAGA Field Guide to Domestic Threats.” The left side shows a sad looking woman and three sad looking children and they are labeled “Terrorists.” The right side is labeled “Patriots” and it shows a mob of Donald Trump supporters storming the U.S. Capital on January 6. They hold a Trump flag, a Confederate flag, and a January Six Flag.

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

This cartoon is titled “Regarding those ‘drugs’ from Venezuela.” At left Donald Trump hands a barrel of oil to a man in a suit labeled “Exxon Mobil.” The man in the suit looks uninterested and wears a button that says “Just say No.”

(Image credit: John Deering / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This is an eight-panel political cartoon featuring Donald Trump in each panel. The first panel at top left features Trump speaking. He says “The only thing that can stop me is my own morality!” In the next five panels, Trump is shown going through different contortions in his face as he keeps talking and slowly changing. In the seventh panel, Trump has turned into a demon with a long tongue and a forked tail. The final panel has an arrow pointing to the left and reads “(Please see panel one for punchline).”

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

This political cartoon depicts Iran's Ayatollah on the left and Donald Trump on the right. The Ayatollah says “Why stop? They’re domestic terrorists as he stands on the bloodied body of a dead protester holding a sign that reads “Stop tyranny.” Donald Trump also stands on the body of a dead protester with a “Stop tyranny” sign.

(Image credit: Graeme MacKay / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

Donald Trump aims a cannon labeled “Criminal Indictment” at Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Trump says, “This is a stickup! Give me a lower rate!”

(Image credit: Bob Englehart / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This is a six panel editorial cartoon depicting a wildly comic caricature of Donald Trump in each frame. He says, “Grab them by the p***y. Steal from my fake charity. Grift students of my fake university. Weaponize DOJ against my enemies. Monetize the Oval Office. My only constraint is my own morality…”

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

A small car filled with four terrified, wide-eyed people is labeled “paycheck to paycheck.” They are being crushed between two trucks. The one on the left is “Affordability” and the one on the right is “Cost of Living.”

(Image credit: Milt Priggee / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

The Ayatollah sits on a throne on a stage in this political cartoon. He’s about to be swept off stage by two hooks that are labeled “Iranian” and “People.”.

(Image credit: Gary Varvel / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

Six masked ICE agents look menacing and angry as they load weapons in a room labeled “ICE Training.” There are two posters on the wall. One says “Brown People” and has a photo of a dark-skinned man above the words “Beat, Arrest, Disappear.” The other poster is labeled “Moms” and has a picture of a woman above the words “Shoot in the face.” One of the ICE agents points at that poster and says, “We’ve added a new one.”

(Image credit: Chris Britt / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

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