Donald Trump and JD Vance await their next Oval Office visitor | May 28 editorial cartoons

Wednesday's political cartoons include the Big Beautiful Bill's impact on Medicare and Medicaid, Donald Trump and JD Vance plotting in the Oval Office, Russia's expansionist plans, and Trump's phone call with Vladimir Putin.

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This political cartoon is titled "BIG BEAUTIFUL BILL". Donald Trump is drawn as a large, angry-looking bird dropping two small, scared people labeled "MEDICAID" and "MEDICARE" into a nest. In the nest, three hungry baby birds with open mouths wear top hats labeled "TAX," "CUTS," and "RICH."

(Image credit: Adam Zyglis / Copyright 2025 Cagle Cartoons, Inc.)

A man in a suit and hat, carrying a briefcase, stands outside a church looking at a sign. A woman and a small child are walking towards the church entrance. The sign in front of the church reads, "Today's sermon: The stock market giveth, the stock market taketh away."

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

This political cartoon depicts Donald Trump standing beside a crashed red car labeled "TRUMP U," which is wrecked against a tree and smoking. Footprints lead from the crashed car to where Trump stands. He is facing a man driving an undamaged gray limousine labeled "HARVARD." Trump is saying to the limousine driver, "Let me tell you how to run this..."

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

A family is on a road trip in a SUV filled with luggage. The father, who is driving, says "My childhood summer vacations were spent folding and unfolding maps... ...sending postcards to friends... ...then patiently waiting for our photos to be developed! ...of course, getting there was half the fun." His son, in the back seat looking at a phone, says "there's GPS now, dad ... and there's texting... and instantly posting pics online and I just downloaded the 'Are we there yet?' app."

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

This political cartoon depicts a large brown bear labeled "RUSSIA" aggressively consuming a pile of rubble labeled "UKRAINE," with blood splattered around. To the left, a small, shirtless Vladimir Putin stands gesturing towards the bear. Putin is saying, "Whoa, big guy... save some room for Poland!"

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

Donald Trump is seated in a makeup chair, wearing a suit with a "PROP OF TRUMP U." label on his arm. A cosmetologist named Charlene, with bright pink curly hair and exaggerated makeup, is holding a mirror for Trump and applying makeup to his face. Charlene says, "It's smarter to spend billions to study cosmetology at trade schools than to study medicine at Harvard...is this the right shade of baboon ass, Mr. President?"

(Image credit: Clay Jones / Copyright 2025 Claytoonz)

This political cartoon depicts Elon Musk driving a yellow steamroller named "DOGE ROLLER." The steamroller has crushed a silver Tesla Cybertruck which is labeled "TESLA STOCK VALUE." Musk, looking over his shoulder at the damage, says "Oops."

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

This political cartoon is set in the Oval Office. Donald Trump is precariously perched on a stool, balancing a bucket of water on top of a slightly ajar door. To the left, JD Vance hides next to the door with a giant sledgehammer. Two shotguns are in the foreground, pointing towards the door. A saw is cutting out a section of the floor in front of the door where Trump has set the bucket. Trump says, "Ready to receive the next visiting head of state" as a figure is about to enter the Oval Office.

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

This political cartoon is split into two panels, Donald Trump is on the left speaking on the phone to Vladimir Putin, who is on the right listening to Trump. Trump holds a phone to his ear and says, "Cool it on Ukraine, Vlad, or I'm warning you... I will dramatically reduce the praise and flattery."

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

Donald Trump is depicted riding in a large green military tank. The tank is in front of a brick entrance gate labeled "HARVARD UNIVERSITY." An angry professor in a suit holding a briefcase stands to the left of the tank, while two students with backpacks look on from the right. Trump says, "I've moved my military parade from Pennsylvania avenue to Harvard yard..."

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

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