Today's political cartoons - April 7, 2025

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A cartoon depicts Donald Trump confidently proclaiming an economic boom from the Oval Office while holding a paper labeled "TRADE WAR!", unaware of the massive "BOOM" of a collapsing stock market behind him, as a concerned advisor looks on.

(Image credit: Rick McKee / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

This cartoon depicts Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator John Fetterman as clowns, with Schumer holding a horn and Fetterman a balloon, juxtaposed with the text at the bottom referencing Cory Booker's record-breaking 25-hour speech in opposition to the Trump agenda and a return to "regularly scheduled programming."

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

Donald Trump, portrayed as a rabbit with a basket labeled "401(k) Nest Eggs," throws eggs against a wall, creating a terrible mess and illustrating the significant financial losses Americans have suffered in their retirement accounts due to his policies.

(Image credit: Bill Bramhall / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

Donald Trump is depicted driving a golf cart down a steep, jagged red line symbolizing the rapidly falling Dow Jones index.

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

This political cartoon illustrates the Trump administration's policy of altering White House press access. It shows a woman labeled "Alternative Media" with a blank notepad at a plain table, while a man labeled "Legacy Media" sits at a small, decorated table reminiscent of a child's desk, holding a notepad and pen with a toddler's sippy cup to his left.

(Image credit: A.F. Branco / Copyright 2025 Creators Syndicate)

A political cartoon depicts Donald Trump, dressed as a surgeon, holding a tumor-like object over an operating table labeled "World Economy." A speech bubble says, "You're supposed to take the tumor out, not put it in!" Another surgeon looks on with concern.

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

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The editorial cartoon depicts Donald Trump, as a matador, using a "Tariffs" cloth to provoke a bull labeled "Wall St.." The bull is running away from Trump, symbolizing the stock market's reaction to his trade policies.

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

A political cartoon shows a goose labeled "Free Trade" with a long neck and wide eyes, looking up in apparent shock or concern. A speech bubble reads, "Main Course?!! What about the Golden Eggs?"

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

At left, Donald Trump is depicted announcing a "Golden Age" while holding "Tariffs" and "Trade War" documents. Simultaneously, an elderly person is shown on the right panel pawning gold rings, with a "401-K" document in her hand showing the market's steep decline.

(Image credit: Walt Handelsman / Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency)

The left panel shows a mother and son at a food bank with nothing to eat except for a single peanut. A worker tells them "Trump Canceled food deliveries." The right panel depicts a table overflowing with unhealthy fast food items like burgers, fries, fried chicken, pizza, and ice cream, with a germ sarcastically saying "BOO-HOO..."

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

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