Christopher Weyant's 2019 cartoon shows Trump swinging a tariffs-labeled club at a Mexico-themed piñata, while a beaten Uncle Sam lies on the ground, hat fallen, speaking about Mexico's endurance. The image captures trade tensions with China and Canada in mind, using the big stick metaphor for beating that backfires on the American consumer. Debris scatters around the striped figure, emphasizing self-inflicted taxes through tariffs. The wall isn't visible, but the satire points to broader policy fallout.
A political cartoon dated October 2, 2018, depicts two stools representing trade agreements. The left stool labeled NAFTA has a round seat supported by legs marked Canada, USA and Mexico connected by TRADE DEAL braces. The right stool labeled USMCA has a square seat with identical leg labels and braces. The image highlights differences in the seat shapes while maintaining the same foundational elements from the three nations.
On July 5, 2018, Boston Globe cartoonist Christopher Weyant depicted a living room scene where a television announcer asks if anything will escape higher prices from President Trump's trade war. The wife answers that Big Macs and spray tans will cost more. The cartoon responds to the administration's steel and aluminum tariffs imposed on China, the European Union, Canada and Mexico earlier that year. Those duties prompted retaliatory measures that threatened exports including Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The visual ties the broad policy dispute to ordinary consumer items associated with the president.
