Political cartoons for May 14

Thursday’s political cartoons include UFOs, the Trump economy, and more

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The words “Feds Release More Photos of Unidentified Flying Objects” are near a folder labeled “Classified”. There are photos scattered from the folder, and each is of a winged cost-of-living item, including inflation, consumer price index, grocery prices, and housing costs.

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2026 Hellertoon.com)

The words at the bottom of this cartoon read, “Hantavirus: Disease of the pulmonary system commonly spread by rodents.” The image depicts a rat with RFK Jr.’s face. RFK Jr. says, “We don’t need the CDC, there’s nothing pushups and peptides won’t fix.”

(Image credit: Drew Sheneman / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency)

Donald Trump face-plants into the stairs leading to Air Force Once in this cartoon. The plane is named “Trump Economy” and Trump says, “(Expletive) Biden!”

(Image credit: John Deering / Copyright 2026 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is titled “Trump’s Renovated Reflecting Pool…” It depicts Trump lovingly looking at his own reflection in a calm, lovely pond of water surrounded by rocks. He has fallen in love with his own reflection, like Narcissus.

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

This cartoon depicts two patients in hospital beds and is named “On Life Support”. The patients look near death and are hooked up to IVs and are surrounded by stacks of machines keeping them alive. The words on the beds are, “Ceasefire” and “America’s Credibility”.

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

Donald Trump and Lyndon Johnson are in a swamp next to a sign that reads, “Unwinnable War”. Trump is wearing a medal for bone spurs and a fake peace medal. LBJ says, “My advice is to pull your boots free and leave it to the next poor bastard.”

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

Donald Trump is stuck on a barrel labeled “Crude Oil Prices” in this cartoon, titled “Over a Barrell…” He holds a newspaper with the headline, “Iran War Fallout.”

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

A wind-up, alien-like doll labeled “UFO Files” marches across a table and distracts from other things, including a large book of Epstein files and papers detailing the cost of the Iran war, gas and food prices, voting rights, ICE abuse, and corruption.

(Image credit: Pedro Molina / Copyright 2026 Tribune Content Agency)

A wildly drawn caricature of Donald Trump says, “I don’t think about Americans’ finances..” Meanwhile, Trump is surrounded by clouds of things to indicate what he things about, including McDonald’s french fries, cheeseburgers, the ballroom, money, the Arc de Trump, ketchup, and the Epstein files.

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2026 Claytoonz)

Donald Trump is stuck in a bear trap labeled “Iran” as he shakes hands with Xi Jinping in this cartoon. Trump says, “Let’s talk about beef, beans, and bear traps.”

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

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