September 5 editorial cartoons

Friday’s political cartoons include the GOP and Donald Trump with a Jeffrey Epstein problem and diseases flocking to Florida

This cartoon shows an elephant sitting on a table in a doctor’s office. The elephant looks downcast and has a Jeffrey Epstein head growing out of its back that a doctor looks at. The elephant says to the doctor, “I thought if I didn’t pick at it, it might go away on its own.”

(Image credit: Drew Sheneman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon depicts a high-school aged male and female at school walking in front of lockers. The male says, “See you after school.” The girl responds, “If we don’t get shot.”

(Image credit: Bruce Plante / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon is titled “Designing the New Seal…” The image is dominated by a large circular patch with the words “United States Department of War” flowing around the image of a muscular and shirtless Donald Trump holding a rifle. He looks like Sylvester Stallone in the original “Rambo”. At right, Donald Trump speaks to a woman holding a pen and notepad and says, “I want more bulge in my bicepts.”

(Image credit: Steve Breen / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

This cartoon is titled “The American Dream”. A man and a woman are in bed at 4 a.m. The man looks wide-eyed and wide awake. The woman says, “Honey, why can’t you sleep? You know if we work hard we’ll get ahead! Oooooooh!”

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

This Donald Trump cartoon is titled “Surrounded”. Trump looks terrified as he is surrounded by a group of women, one of whom holds a sign labeled “Epstein Survivors”. Trump says, “B-B-But you’re a hoax!”

(Image credit: David Horsey / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon is titled The “War” in Gaza. It depicts an oversized Bibi Netanyahu towering over a city in ruins. He holds a magnifying glass and is using it to direct a beam of destructive light that creates more ruins near a woman in a hijab who is hugging two children, afraid.

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

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This cartoon takes place in a department store where a woman pushes a cart and speaks to a man. The shelves are labeled, “Early Halloween Sale”, “Early Thanksgiving Sale” and “Early Christmas Sale”. The woman says, “I have an irresistible urge to make a new year’s resolution!”

(Image credit: Joe Heller / Copyright 2025 Hellertoon.com)

This cartoon takes place on a street in Washington DC. Donald Trump is in a limo and yells “FASTER!” as he drives past a group of five women who are victims of Jeffrey Epstein. They hold signs that spell out, “We are not a hoax”.

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

This cartoon depicts eight Employee of the Month framed pictures hanging on a wall. The first seven are a variety of men and women. The eight is a smiling robot labelled “AI” giving a thumb’s up.

(Image credit: Phil Hands / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

This cartoon depicts cars on a highway driving past a “Welcome to Florida” road sign. The cars are labeled “Rubella”, “Hepatitis”, “Polio”, “Mumps” and “Measles”.

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