Friday, April 04, 2025
Cartoon Carousel The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Cartoon Carousel
The nation’s cartoonists on the week in politics
Every week
political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political
spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes,
hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The
fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and
enrage readers of all political stripes.
- Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere.
- Edited by Matt Wuerker.
Penguin Memes Flood Social Media/Internet
Donald Trump's tariffs have become a black-and-white issue on social media, where penguin memes have gone viral after he targeted an island inhabited by the flightless birds, but no people.
Penguin memes flood social media after Trump tariffs target uninhabited islands
Americas
Social media has become flooded with penguin memes after US President Donald Trump slapped 10 percent tariffs on all exports from the Heard and McDonald Islands, barren sub-Antarctic Australian territories. Both islands are uninhabited by humans, but home to thousands of penguins.
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Trump's announcement of worldwide tariffs on Wednesday certainly received an icy reception in many countries.
But there has also been bafflement around why some of the most remote parts of the world have been targeted.
But there has also been bafflement around why some of the most remote parts of the world have been targeted.
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