Political cartoons for March 25

Wednesday's political cartoons include self-immolation, runaway inflation, and ballroom blues

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This cartoon depicts Donald Trump pouring gasoline on himself from a container labeled “WAR” as a fire burns around him. He yells, “Help, NATO!!”

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

A man walks down a sidewalk past a bookstore in this cartoon. A book with legs runs out of the bookstore and is titled, “Runaway inflation is here.”

(Image credit: Harley Schwadron / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is titled "His Dark Moment of Reckoning." A sad Donald Trump stares out a window and thinks to himself, “The billions we’re spending on this stupid war…could have been used for my ballroom.”

(Image credit: Peter Kuper / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts a “Big Tech” leprechaun sitting on a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. The rainbow is labeled “Data Center Hype” and the pot of gold is “Local Revenue.” The leprechaun speaks to a man nearby and says, “Aye!! And you’ll need it to pay your power bill!”

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

This cartoon depicts Donald Trump next to two people covering their noses, as if they are smelling something terrible. One of the people says, “What gas shortage?!!” Behind Trump are clouds of putrid gas that read, “Glad He’s Dead” “Death to Dems!” “Biden’s Fault!” “Two Weeks” “Mission Accomplished" “Hormuz! Help!!!” “$200B Iran War” and “NATO cowards.”

(Image credit: Pat Bagley / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is set at the counter of a video games store. The salesperson speaks to a young man buying a video game and says, “I’ll have to see some I.D.” The boy responds, “ID? That’s voter suppression.”

(Image credit: Michael Ramirez / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon depicts Donald Trump and Joe Biden as Laurel and Hardy as Iran burns behind them. Trump, as Laurel, says “Well that’s another fine mess you’ve gotten us into, Joe!” Biden responds, “C’mon, man!”

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

This cartoon is set at an airport. A scream of “AAAAAAAAAAGH!!!” comes from behind a door marked security along with another voice that says, “Only a domestic terrorist would attempt to smuggle 4 oz. of brylcreem to Denver!” Two TSA agents look at each other nearby and one says, “I do feel less stressed since ICE took over the body cavity searches.”

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

This is a two-panel cartoon depicting an angry man in an Iran shirt. On the left he says, “We’ll fire missiles at Saudi Arabia, The UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, and Diego Garcia!” On the right he says, “So, why can’t we have nukes?”

(Image credit: Dana Summers / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon puts the reader looking at the back of a car heading down a road. A sign advertises gas for $3.95. One person in the car says, “So, you’re not going anywhere for spring break?” The other person responds, “No! The price of gas has me spring broke!”

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

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