In January's newsletter to our members, I featured a few American cartoons, which received a strong response. On February 4, the Fasnet (carnival) season is in full swing. Why not spend an evening watching a slideshow of political cartoons with my commentary?
Here is the result. For my American followers, it may not be as engaging since they already know the sometimes not-so-funny cartoons.
Let me start with a side-by-side photo showing crowd sizes at the 2009 and 2017 presidential inaugurations. This slide was shown in the weekly German Late Show Extra 3 (drei=dry) aired on television of the NDR (Norddeutscher Rundfunk) following Donald Trump's first swearing-in on January 20, 2017
Trump, whose election came as a surprise to Europeans, claimed that the crowds at the ceremony were record-breaking, approaching one to one-and-a-half million attendees. When his Senior Counselor was confronted with the actual figures, she said, "The President has alternative facts."
Like no other sentence, Kellyanne Conway's statement shaped Trump's first presidency. Already at the start, cartoonists had bad feelings about it.
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| Even worse |
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| A hefty portrayal in the Cologne Carnival parade in 2017 |
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| Quieter but all the more unmistakable: The burning out torch of freedom |
The Wall
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| ... and Mexico will pay for it. |
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Why didn't we think of that back then*?
*Berlin, August 13, 1961 |
The stolen presidential election of 2020
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| Repair job |
Election campaign 2024
Trump's 2nd presidency. Inauguration January 29, 2925
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| Rim gate |
Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House in February 2025
Ukraine
Either ...
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Tariffs
Tax Cut
A State Visit
Epstein
A Friend
POTUS a Nazi?
EU
ICE
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