On May 28, 2025, a cartoon depicts Donald Trump as a chicken taco responding to questions about tariff policy. Wall Street analysts have coined the TACO trade acronym for repeated retreats on tariffs. The figure denies wanting to discuss the pattern while surrounded by dropped chicken pieces.
A jewelry store scene places an open egg carton between ring displays. The customer asks the clerk if she can take something out. The image responds to 2025 price spikes in groceries tied to tariffs and supply issues. Egg prices feature prominently in recent economic reports. The visual places everyday food items in a luxury setting to underscore cost pressures on households.
The March 2025 cartoon by John Darkow shows the ship America sinking while Tesla vehicles including a Cybertruck are thrown overboard. The image updates the Boston Tea Party to reference recent backlash against Elon Musk and Tesla linked to DOGE initiatives and tariffs under the Trump administration. Buyers remorse and anxiety appear as the central visual theme.
Dave Whamond's cartoon captures the irony of Trump alcohol tariffs, where a 200 percent tariff on European wine and alcohol threatens to escalate trade wars with the EU. Amid bad economic news like rising prices and stock market plunge, a weary viewer laments needing a drink, underscoring how such policies drive us to drink. Investors shaken by potential inflation and retaliatory tariffs on US whiskey and bourbon face higher costs for alcoholic beverages. The image highlights consumer burdens in this economy, blending humor with critique of trade escalation.
A three-panel cartoon shows a panicked man fearing immigrant job theft on the left, a split-face Elon Musk figure labeled DODGY pointing and declaring YOU'RE FIRED in the center, and the same man claiming I WAS RIGHT on the right. The image responds to the February 2025 launch of DOGE efficiency efforts targeting federal agencies including USAID, CDC and others. It uses visual contrast to underscore shifting sources of employment disruption for government workers.
