Today's political cartoons - April 8, 2025 | The Week

published 8 April 2025

Two students are shown walking on a college campus. The person on the left is a young man and the person on the right is a young woman carrying an umbrella. The young man asks his female friend, "You wanna hang out Saturday, if neither of us has been grabbed up by plain-clothes goons, tossed in a van, and spirited off to a foreign prison?" The young woman says, "Repeat that into my umbrella?"

A political cartoon depicts Elon Musk standing at a grocery checkout counter trying to purchase a Brad Schimel doll. Musk looks surprised and slightly annoyed. A cashier, wearing a yellow apron that says "WISCONSIN," points to a computer screen displaying the word "DECLINED" in large letters. The cashier says "SORRY, SIR. YOUR PURCHASE HAS BEEN DECLINED. HAVE A NICE DAY."

Donald Trump, dressed in royal attire with a crown and cape, sits on a throne elevated by red-carpeted steps. Trump says, "SAY HELLO TO MY PERSONNEL ADVISOR FOR NATIONAL SECURITY" and gestures towards another figure, dressed as a jester, with a wide, exaggerated smile. The jester has "LAURA LOOMER" written across her chest. The jester holds a scepter topped with a smiling face and bells, with the words "CONSPIRACY" and "THEORIES" written on the ends of the jester hat-like extensions.

This cartoon shows a downward-sloping red zigzag line against a background of horizontal black lines, suggesting a chart of a stock market decline. At the top left, Donald Trump putts a golf ball down the red line and exclaims "I WIN!" as the ball rolls into a hole with a red flag makes a "PLOINK!" sound.

This political cartoon takes place in the sky as Donald Trump's airplane flies high above. An average American investor is sky-diving and clings to a large, white, inflated sphere with red and blue vertical stripes, labeled "TARIFFS." The figure wears a red, white, and blue outfit and has "401K" written on their chest. The figure looks worried. The falling figure says "WHEN DID HE SAY TO OPEN THE PARACHUTE!?" Another speech bubble comes from a second figure at the top, stating, "WHAT PARACHUTE?"

This cartoon shows a bull being fed into a hand-cranked meat grinder and turned into ground beef. The bull is labeled "BULL MARKET" and the meat grinder is labeled "TARIFFS."

This cartoon shows a truck labeled "Economy" being driven off a cliff while the driver — who it can be assumed is Donald Trump — says "Let me know when you get tired of winning!" The four road signs the drive has presumably ignored read "Trucks use lower gear" "recession" "tariffs" and "inflation."

This cartoon takes place in an hospital room. It shows Donald Trump, dressed as a doctor, holding a syringe in his tiny hands. A patient named "US Economy" lies on the operating table looking very sick. A nurse stands next to Trump with her elbow on his golf bag. Trump says "The operation is over and the patient lived!" The nurse says, "But the patient didn't need an operation!" Trump responds, "So when do I inject him with the bleach?"

This two-panel cartoon depicts a financial advisor sitting at a desk with a laptop and paperwork, speaking to a couple seated across from him. The advisor looks down at his desk and says in a speech bubble, "DON'T LOOK NOW, FOLKS...." The couple, a tall, thin man in an orange sweater and a woman with blonde hair in a pink top, look at the advisor with concern. The woman says in a speech bubble, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WE CAME TO YOU FOR ADVICE ON OUR 401(k)S." The advisor looks up at the couple with a slight smirk and says in a speech bubble, "AND THAT'S JUST WHAT I GAVE YOU."

On the left, a person on crutches wearing a "CANADA" sweater and winter hat looks angry and annoyed. Donald Trump is on the right and says "YOU GOT A LITTLE TRADE WAR / COLLATERAL DAMAGE THERE, OLD BUDDY."

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