Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un stand face to face in a heated exchange over the name of a proposed hotel in Pyongyang. Trump insists the property carry his name while Kim demands his own branding. The two leaders then turn their backs on each other. Text in the second panel states the outcome as no deal. The image reflects stalled diplomacy between the United States and North Korea in early 2019 after prior summits produced limited progress on denuclearization.
The cartoon by Adam Zyglis published March 1, 2019, shows President Donald Trump tumbling through the air above water with torn papers labeled N. Korea and Deal trailing behind him. An explosion labeled Vietnam sends smoke and debris skyward on the left. The caption reads Rocketman. The image responds to the collapse of the Trump-Kim summit in Hanoi, where no agreement on denuclearization was reached despite high expectations.
The cartoon depicts Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un flung into the air by a rocket labeled Denuclearization Talks that has crashed into the ground at the Hanoi summit site. A speech bubble from onlookers reads A REAL PROGRESS... The image captures the collapse of the February 2019 meeting where no agreement was reached on North Korean nuclear limits.
Arend van Dam's 2019 cartoon captures the Venezuela crisis with a sinking ship named Venezuela, a man in a sash shouting 'I am your captain' from the top, while figures cling to the tilting deck and others flail in the water. The image uses the tags Venezuela, Maduro, dictator, interim president, Juan Guaidó, national assembly to highlight the political turmoil. The ship's bow points upward, with a periscope-like structure in flag colors, emphasizing the obvious metaphor of a nation going under. People on the deck hold on desperately, and swimmers raise arms, all drawn in simple lines against a blue sky and green sea. This straightforward satire avoids subtlety, making the leadership failure clear without added context.
A four-panel cartoon depicts a scientist clutching a carbon emissions report while standing amid increasingly severe conditions. The first panel shows flames and the word NOT. The second places the figure in driving rain with SEEING. Snow falls in the third panel with ANY. The final panel shows the scientist neck-deep in water saying SLOWDOWN. The sequence responds to the November 2018 release of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, which detailed mounting U.S. climate impacts under continued emissions growth.
The cartoon depicts President Donald Trump planting his flag on a mountain summit labeled the North Korea Summit. He stands atop a rock marked failed diplomacy. Flags from the Trump Bush Clinton and Obama administrations fly behind him. The image appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on May 25 2018 as talks for the first Trump Kim meeting advanced.
The February 14, 2018, Parkland school shooting in Florida killed 17 people and renewed national debate over gun access and school safety. Lawmakers faced immediate pressure to act on background checks and assault weapons while the NRA and congressional allies resisted new restrictions. The cartoon frames the event as another grim normalization, placing active shooter lockdown alongside traditional childhood milestones to underscore how repeated mass shootings have altered expectations for American schools.
